814 WiFi adapter & Open Sprinkler Pi

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814 WiFi adapter & Open Sprinkler Pi

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I bought one of these mini dongles to use with the Open Sprinkler Pi. I can't seem to get it to work. It works with a standard Raspian install so I think the pre-configured disk image for the unit either doesn't have the drivers or has some kind of conflict. I tried to set it up both ways that I see suggested; the wifi config on the x desktop doesn’t find the dongle and editing the interfaces file leaves me with “no DHCP offers received”. I would like to try installing the drivers myself into that image.Being a real NOOB I’m not sure how to add those drivers and the endless set of folders and sub-folders on the driver disk leads to more confusion than working directions. Can you suggest how to proceed?

Regards, Phil

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Re: 814 WiFi adapter & Open Sprinkler Pi

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You'll need to download the driver's source code, build a version, and install it. Fortunately that isn't as terrifying as it sounds.

This thread over in the Ubuntu forums has a fairly good description of the process: http://askubuntu.com/questions/246236/c ... 2cu-driver

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Re: 814 WiFi adapter & Open Sprinkler Pi

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Thanx Mike, I'll give it a try and let you know how it turns out.

Regards, Phil

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