I need help setting up WiFi.

[MediocreGus]

Hi all,

I have a TP-Link TL-WN725N WiFi adapter which I bought for my Raspberry Pi, which is running Raspbian. If somebody could guide me through the process of setting it up, I will love you FOREVER.

I'm a complete noob at this though, and I'm going to need to be guided through every step of the way. I'm talking every console command and every config file here!

Also, I've already had a couple of shots at this. I'll try to get all of the stuff I played around with back to how it was.

Thanks,
Gus.

[timmoore46]

I've got a WiFi adaptor working fine.

Pm me tomorrow and I'll dig out the details. It on an earlier thread of mine.

: )

Tim

[aelsas]

Hi,

as it has the rtl8192cu chipset it should run out of the box.

Just plug it in and start Wifi Config in LXDE ...

Best regards

Alex

[mline]

Edit file /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Original (don't change this):

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ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

If you use WPA2 add this below:

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network={
        ssid="YOUR SSID HERE"
        scan_ssid=1
        proto=RSN
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        pairwise=CCMP
        group=TKIP
        psk="YOUR KEY HERE"
}

If you use WPA change your settings to this:

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proto=WPA
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP

If (WPA2) don't work try this combination:

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pairwise=CCMP
group=CCMP

or this:

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pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP

If you want to use a static ip edit file /etc/network/interfaces

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auto lo

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
iface default inet dhcp

Change last line to:

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iface default inet static

Add this lines below (the addresses must fit to your network!):

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address 192.168.1.100
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1

All files need to be edited with command "sudo nano FILENAME". If you edit this files on a running Pi you need to reboot to apply your changes.

Sorry for my bad english

[timmoore46]

Total easy fix here !

As Dongles cost less than a fiver, changing to dongle that works out of box makes sense !

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... 24#p314524

also

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... OU:GB:3160

(the easy fix is even linked into the listing.)



Tim

[pluggy]

Slightly cheaper non Pi 'branded' but with identical chipset :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261166708533? ... 1497.l2649

[rasberrypip]

Hi,
I have Raspian Wheezy with WiFi config icon on the desktop. I bought the Realtek dongle from Pi Hut. Thought I had bought a duff one but then inserted the dongle into 4 port powered hub clicked on WiFi Config and entered SSID and password and Bingo, away we went. Hope this helps.