daherlihy
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RPi3 & LibreELEC: Disable Onboard WiFi for WiFi USB dongle

Mon Jun 05, 2017 1:48 pm

Hi there - I've been researching this for a week now between Google, YouTube and indeed some of the threads in here, but I can't seem to find out a clear flow for disabling the onboard Wifi on a Raspberry Pi 3 for using a USB wifi dongle instead.

I'd really appreciate if someone could clear things up for me. My understanding so far is that all I need to do is add a line or two of code to a config file inside a Boot directory, which I believe can be done using Notepad? ;)

Ernst
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Re: RPi3 & LibreELEC: Disable Onboard WiFi for WiFi USB dong

Mon Jun 05, 2017 3:43 pm

A google search with "site:raspberrypi.org dtoverlay=pi3-disable-wifi" will give you a lot of information on this subject.
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Re: RPi3 & LibreELEC: Disable Onboard WiFi for WiFi USB dong

Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:18 pm

Check my signature, there are 2 options (for disable and to blacklist drivers)

If you have cheap aluminum case (from aliexpress), very recommended to use official USB dongle.

daherlihy
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Re: RPi3 & LibreELEC: Disable Onboard WiFi for WiFi USB dong

Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:37 am

runboy93 wrote:Check my signature, there are 2 options (for disable and to blacklist drivers)
Which part of your code is most appropriate for disabling the onboard WiFi, so that WiFi is still allowed via a WiFi dongle? I'd consider myself an advanced user of the Raspberry Pi but not really knowledgeable on the coding side of things ...

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