usb wifi 802.11b/g/n module with antenna

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usb wifi 802.11b/g/n module with antenna

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Using the usb wifi module with antenna, plugged into a usb hub, (not powered) that is plugged into the Rasberry Pi (B), cannot seem to get a connection to the router. It seems that the Rasberry Pi does not recognize the module. I tried the following

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug wlan0
auto wlan0

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid "ssid"
wpa-psk "password"

hit control x
hit y
hit return

I tried sudo ifconfig and it does not list an ip address for the Pi

This is all new to me, so any help would be much appreciated - thanks

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Re: usb wifi 802.11b/g/n module with antenna

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Leif_Farr wrote:iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid "ssid"
wpa-psk "password"
You have filled in the actual SSID and password of your own router here?

What do you get from these:

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ifconfig -a

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iwconfig
You may need to use a powered hub.

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Re: usb wifi 802.11b/g/n module with antenna

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Hello and thanks for the reply. Yes I did input my modems ssid and password in the correct sections. When I used ifconfig -a I got the following results:

etho Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:27:eb63:7b:8c
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 METRIC:1
Rx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overuns:0 frame:0
Tx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overuns:0 frame:0
collisions:0 txqueelen:1000
Rx bytes:0 (0.0 B) Tx bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo Link encap: Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask: 255.0.0.0
Up Loopback Runnning MTO:16436 Metric:1
Tx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overuns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txquenelen:0
Rx bytes:0 (o.o B) Tx bytes:0 (0.0 B)

Typing in iwconfig gives the following results:

lo no wireless extensions

etho no wireless extensions

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Re: usb wifi 802.11b/g/n module with antenna

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So you're not talking to the thing at all. What happens if you plug it directly into the Pi?

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Re: usb wifi 802.11b/g/n module with antenna

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Hello - I tried plugging the module directly into the Pi, (instead of the usb hub, non powered) - could not connect to modem. I tried ifconfig -a and iwconfig and the results were the same as in my previous reply.

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Re: usb wifi 802.11b/g/n module with antenna

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OK - let's try replacing it. Please email [email protected] with a link to this thread and ask for a replacement.

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Re: usb wifi 802.11b/g/n module with antenna

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Hello
I e-mailed support and asked for a replacement as suggested. I did have a couple of questions. Should I have tried using a powered usb hub? I tried plugging the wifi module directly into the Pi, however I still had the usb hub plugged into the Pi's second usb port to run the keyboard and mouse? Secondly the module came with a small disk that contained a driver, was I supposed to have installed a driver for the module or was that just for Window OS? It seemed from the information that I was able to gather that using this wifi module with the Pi was a plug and play situation with the one task of modifying the file and putting in the ssid and password, is this correct or am I missing something?

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Re: usb wifi 802.11b/g/n module with antenna

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An unpowered hub is essentially useless with a pi, since the pi can only supply a very limited amount of power to USB.
You definitely should give the dongle a try without anything else connected to USB.

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Re: usb wifi 802.11b/g/n module with antenna

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Hello again
Well, I tried the module plugged directly into the Pi's usb port for the second time, I also unplugged the usb hub and then just plugged the mouse into the Pi's second usb port so that I would have a way of logging out of the Pi. Still the same old problem, not connecting to modem and not recognizing the module.

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Re: usb wifi 802.11b/g/n module with antenna

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Hello, I am experiencing the same thing but my dongle does not have an antenna. I am running Occidentalis 0.2 on a model B Raspberry Pi with Hynix memory. I noticed at boot time if gives an error message "ignoring unknown interface wlan0:wlan0." I have tried a distribution upgrade as well as adding
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian wheezy main contrib non-free
to /etc/apt/sources.list

I am wondering if a driver for my USB dongle is missing from the Occidentalis distro. I built the Raspberry Pi WiFi Radio according to your learn.adafruit.com tutorial and used Raspbian Wheezy 05-25-13 release and the dongle works fine when plugged directly into the Pi.

Here are some outputs from my device.

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0411:01a2 BUFFALO INC. (formerly MelCo., Inc.) WLI-UC-GNM Wireless LAN Adapter [Ralink RT8070]

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ lsmod
Module Size Used by

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:27:eb:71:cb:08
inet addr:192.168.0.180 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2847 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:768 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:366856 (358.2 KiB) TX bytes:88806 (86.7 KiB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

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Re: usb wifi 802.11b/g/n module with antenna

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portzt wrote:Hello, I am experiencing the same thing but my dongle does not have an antenna.
Which dongle do you have? Did you get it from us?

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Re: usb wifi 802.11b/g/n module with antenna

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This is what you should get via 'lsusb' if you purchased any of our WiFi adapters

pi@raspberrypi:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter

of course, if you bought it elsewhere, we can't help or support. the 'rtl8188CUS'/'rtl8192' modules are well supported by raspbian & occidentalis.

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Re: usb wifi 802.11b/g/n module with antenna

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Hello,
I didn't get the dongle from you unfortunately but the dongle works under the standard Raspbian Wheezy 05-25-2013 distribution. I assumed that Occidentalis 0.2 would have driver support for the dongle since it is a Raspbian derivative. Sorry if this should have been under a new thread.

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