ASUS USB-N14

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bgn (N300)
Wireless-N300 USB Adapter
ASUS USB-N14.jpg
Homepage
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru
Platform
BrandModelRev
ASUS USB-N14
Interface
USB 2.0
Connector
Female Micro-B
Form factor
corded (modular) adapter
ID:0b05:17e8
Windows: USB\VID_0B05&PID_17E8
FCCID
none specified
Chip1
Ralink RT5372

OUI: none specified

Antenna Connection
RP-SMA
MIMO status
2x2:2
Wireless Standards
IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n
up to 300 Mbps
802.11g
up to 54 Mbps
802.11b
up to 1 Mbps
Operating Frequency
2.4 GHz

Probable Linux driver
rt2800usb (experimental,
in backports) or rt5370sta
USB ID first seen in kernel v3.17 (2014-10-05)
(see also passys)

Windows driver
seems to have been removed from MTK's site
older Ralink drivers have been removed.
see the Wayback Machine
for some older driver sets (filter by EXE/ZIP)

Retail
Availability common
(Est.) release date 2014
ASIN B00J1BGB2K Flag of the United States.svg

For a list of all currently documented Ralink chipsets with specifications, see Ralink.

For a list of all currently documented ASUS device with specifications, see ASUS.

300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N300 class

Overview

Per ASUS's driver source for this device, it's using RT5372.

The USB ID for this device would appear to be 0b05:17e8.

Review of Linux Compatibility

Asus USB-N14 is a WiFi USB stick, which is equipped with 5dBi antennas

and supports connections according to 802.11n standard.

The stick has the USB ID 0b05:17e8:

Bus 006 Device 005: ID 0b05:17e8 ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
and bases on the Ralink RT5372 chipset.

The stick is recognized by the Linux kernel:

usb 6-2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
usb 6-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0b05, idProduct=17e8
usb 6-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 6-2: Product: 802.11 n WLAN
usb 6-2: Manufacturer: Ralink
usb 6-2: SerialNumber: 1.0
but not automatically supported (see list of devices supported by the rt2800usb driver).

However, Asus provides a Linux driver for download.