wi-fi dongle

[madalin9898]

I wanna install wifi dongle on my rpi....but i don't have an ethernet cable....so i wonder ....can i install the wifi dongle offline ? (Sorry for my poor english)

[kusti8]

If you buy a wifi dongle that is supported, Google the forms for that (I have an Edimax nano wifi dongle which works great), then you don't have to download any driver since they are in there by default. Wpa_gui makes it easy to setup wifi.

[fruitoftheloom]

I wanna install wifi dongle on my rpi....but i don't have an ethernet cable....so i wonder ....can i install the wifi dongle offline ? (Sorry for my poor english)

If you get a supported out-of-the-box USB Wireless Adaptor, then the Adaptor will be installed automatically:

http://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Wi-Fi_Adapters

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221048809437

https://www.modmypi.com/raspberry-pi-ac ... networking

[madalin9898]

I have Wi-Pi dongle...(the oficial Accesorry for raspberry pi .....so it works, no ?
thanks a lot guys for your answers

[DougieLawson]

I have Wi-Pi dongle...(the oficial Accesorry for raspberry pi .....so it works, no ?
thanks a lot guys for your answers

It's based on the RT5370 so WILL work straight out of the box when you plug it in your RPi and configure the network SSID/password.

The only thing that's a pain with the RT5370 is that it defaults to power management on and will go to sleep when idle. You need to add

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wireless-power off

to your interfaces file to prevent that.

[madalin9898]

Thank you for everything