WiFi & Bluetooth adapters for the Orange Pi 5 plus which work out of the box – but not with Bluetooth keyboards & mice?

Last Updated on September 12, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

The is a summary of Bluetooth & Wifi modules we reviewed which work for the Orange Pi 5 Plus. All three work for WIFI. For Bluetooth we do not know if they support all Bluetooth applications. We did not find a module which is confirmed to work with Bluetooth keyboards and mice.

1. The first one is this from Aliexpress:

In the description it says it is for the Orange Pi 5 Plus:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005717695083.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2deu

– There is a comment about this module from a users on Aliexpress:

«This opinion is only valid for orange pi 5 plus usage with that module.This wifi module works 100% under linux it means that BT and wifi works. But it does not fully work under android os or orange pi os»

2. A second module was reviewed by biblioman09 on his YouTube channel. He bought the module on Aliexpress:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005867630310.html?aff_fcid=831d1b3c922646fc8369371b66514f12-1694274924231-01206-_Dkoc32n&tt=CPS_NORMAL&aff_fsk=_Dkoc32n&aff_platform=shareComponent-detail&sk=_Dkoc32n&aff_trace_key=831d1b3c922646fc8369371b66514f12-1694274924231-01206-_Dkoc32n&terminal_id=64a25cf22e7b461cae1b2cde5b5e78c5&afSmartRedirect=y

biblioman09 sais that Bluetooth and Wifi works under Ubuntu. On Aliexpress it says nothing that it is for the the Orange Pi 5. biblioman09 writes in the comments of his YouTube video that Bluetooth keyboard and mouse probably won’t work with this module.

3. Orange PI 5 Bluetooth & Wifi usb dongle who does not need a driver sold on Aliexpress:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005134380381.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.3cbc1802LHMh32&aff_fcid=8f02f6a4bc864e7b96cc0e8cc347ecb1-1694470606790-07449-_DnCmnzL&tt=CPS_NORMAL&aff_fsk=_DnCmnzL&aff_platform=portals-tool&sk=_DnCmnzL&aff_trace_key=8f02f6a4bc864e7b96cc0e8cc347ecb1-1694470606790-07449-_DnCmnzL&terminal_id=64a25cf22e7b461cae1b2cde5b5e78c5&afSmartRedirect=y&gatewayAdapt=glo2deu#nav-review

It was tested by Ace1000ks1975 on his YouTube channel. There as comments from people who bought the dongle on Aliexpress that this Wi-Fi + Bluetooth module works right out of the box without the need of drivers on the Orange Pi 5. One tested Batocera OS which is based on Arch Linux. Another person tested it and it worked both on the network and a with wireless BT controller.

One comment says it worked flawlessly on both armbian, and Ubuntu for his my Orange Pi5.

One user wrote that the wifi speed is disappointing because download speed is below 1Mbps with his Orange Pi 5 (Armbian latest version installed) whereas it is around 100Mbps when it’s plugged with ethernet cable.

Ace1000ks1975 writes in the comments of his YouTube review that he used only his Wifi Bluetooth USB dongle to connect to the internet, and he does not use a USB keyboard and mouse, so he don’t know if a bluetooth keyboard or mouse works with this thing.”

You can find more information about this topic in the armbian forum:

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/26406-usb-wifi-adapters-that-are-supported-out-of-the-box/