When the TL-WN821N was plugged in to an Ubuntu machine there was no response at all. Tried NDIS Wrapper, only the XP driver worked, but even that complained about invalid security (for WPA2-Personal). Still couldn't connect at all.
Seemed to work ok on XPsp3.
Researched and discovered that some manufacturers change chipsets but not packaging and model number. Seems that's what happened here, when considering earlier reviews.
Version 3.1
P/N: 0152502041
Sticking with a Belkin 54g for now, the signal strength was better anyway.