Do not use drivers meant for V1 on V2/V3 – they will fail.
| Revision | Chipset | Native Driver (Linux) | Windows Driver | macOS Support | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | RTL8188CUS | 8192cu (legacy) | TP-Link provided | Community (RTL8188CU) | | V2 / V3 | RTL8188EUS | 8188eu or r8188eu | TP-Link provided | Limited (RTL8188EU) | driver tp link tl-wn725n
If you are a Windows user, it is a . If you are a Linux user (Raspberry Pi, Ubuntu, etc.), it is a 3-star device that requires significant manual effort to get working, due to the lack of automatic driver support for the newer hardware version. Do not use drivers meant for V1 on V2/V3 – they will fail