Connecting Pi to Internet

[DaveMcCahon]

Hey,
I'm trying to connect my PI to my internet to connect to it via SSH Putty. I have connect a TP-Link 150MPs Wireless USB Adapter to it to allow it to connect to the internet. To no prevail, it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas?

I had the thought of perhaps installing the software that comes with the wireless adapter onto the SDCard, but I though that may overwrite the files on it, which would be a pain.

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Dave

[Phill Rymer]

which operating system

[DaveMcCahon]

which operating system

Raspbian

[DougieLawson]

Can you post the output from
sudo lsusb

Also bear in mind that if ifplugd is running then when an ethernet cable is connected the WiFi will be disabled (which can be really frustrating).

[DaveMcCahon]

Can you post the output from
sudo lsusb

Also bear in mind that if ifplugd is running then when an ethernet cable is connected the WiFi will be disabled (which can be really frustrating).

It is;


Didn't plug the ethernet cable in as my router is downstairs and it would be a pain to run the cable

[DougieLawson]

That's just the job.

It's a Realtek so you're going to need to wire your RPi to your router with a Cat5 cable (just until you can get the driver installed).
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... 48#p433048

[DaveMcCahon]

That's just the job.

It's a Realtek so you're going to need to wire your RPi to your router with a Cat5 cable (just until you can get the driver installed).
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... 48#p433048

Thank you very much! I'll try to get my head around that