ImBassDoor
Posts: 5
Joined: Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:51 pm

WiFi Dongle model EQUIP

Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:29 pm

Hello,

I have WIFI name without special characters "300mbps" and password too. It's WPA. I have http://edupwireless.com/product-1-2-5-m ... -en/137318 dongle.

This is my config:
Image

1st part is dmesg on which you can see USB ADAPTER
2st is wpa_supplicant.conf
3st is /etc/network/interfaces

Wifi dongle see a 300mbps SSID of my internet network through:

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sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
But when I boot device I got:
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
some values on interval and then he halt his work with this and boot without working wifi.

Can someone help me with this?

PS Tried

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sudo apt-get install rtl8192cu(or cus)
E: Unable to locate package rtl8192cus

MrEngman
Posts: 4032
Joined: Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:17 pm
Location: Southampton, UK

Re: WiFi Dongle model EQUIP

Fri Nov 07, 2014 5:55 pm

Hi ImBassDoor,

You need to edit file /etc/network/interfaces.

Change the line

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iface wlan0 inet dhcp
to

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iface wlan0 inet manual
You need to use manual when using wpa_supplicant.conf and have wpa-roam in /etc/network/interfaces.



MrEngman
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