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Cheap WiFi Dongle
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 7:21 pm
by peke
Hi to all.
I bought a cheap usb wifi dongle, confident to work but....it´s not working
How Can I check if it is compatible?
package says: wireless 11n usb adapter, 802.11nm 300mbps
If anyone can help!!!!
thanks a lot!
Re: Cheap WiFi Dongle
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 7:42 pm
by MorkMikael
Re: Cheap WiFi Dongle
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 3:30 am
by peke
thanks for the reply!
mine is listed in that link
"802.11n" (Red and Black)
did the manual way to setup wifi, but still doesn´t work.
Still trying
THANKS
Re: Cheap WiFi Dongle
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:14 am
by AngelicLiver
802.11n is just the WiFi standard your dongle purportedly uses (WiFi 4), it has no relevance to the model or chipset it is using. There's every likelihood it's something that MiSTer doesn't have driver support natively.
Are there any other identifying marks or could you include a link to where it was purchased? Failing that could you run this on the command line or over SSH and let us know the output?
Re: Cheap WiFi Dongle
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:17 am
by AngelicLiver
Oh and it's probably worth asking whether you have fully-updated recently; I seem to remember support for the RTL8188EUS was added natively in an update some months ago.
Re: Cheap WiFi Dongle
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:37 am
by peke
Re: Cheap WiFi Dongle
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:43 am
by peke
AngelicLiver wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:14 am
802.11n is just the WiFi standard your dongle purportedly uses (WiFi 4), it has no relevance to the model or chipset it is using. There's every likelihood it's something that MiSTer doesn't have driver support natively.
Are there any other identifying marks or could you include a link to where it was purchased? Failing that could you run this on the command line or over SSH and let us know the output?
I don´t know how to do this, can you guide me?
Re: Cheap WiFi Dongle
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:00 pm
by AngelicLiver
To access the command line directly on the MiSTer, press F9 at the main menu. To access the MiSTer via SSH, and assuming you're using Windows; you'll need to use "putty", have the MiSTer on your local network with an ethernet cable and connect via its local IP address.
Then run that command above.
Re: Cheap WiFi Dongle
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:05 pm
by peke
I´m on mac
(To access the command line directly on the MiSTer, press F9 at the main menu), should I Make/edit a text file before?
Re: Cheap WiFi Dongle
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:03 pm
by AngelicLiver
To SSH from your mac open a terminal and do:
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ssh root@yourmisteripaddresshere
example:
ssh root@192.168.1.20
If you want to save the output you can do:
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dmeg -T | grep usb > /media/fat/usb.txt
Then just copy it off of the SD card or transfer it locally via SCP.
Re: Cheap WiFi Dongle
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2022 4:14 am
by mrchrister
TP Link AC1300 is the wifi dongle every MiSTer user should own. After testing 5 dongles this was the only one delivering good speed and reliable connection