wifi dongle in Raspberry Pi

[ragrawal3]

I have just ordered a wireless dongle for my Raspberry Pi (model-B), but as a nomad i don't know how to use it under raspberry pi.

the wireless dongle is: LEOXSYS 802.11N Mini Wireless N 11n Wi-Fi
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11050.m4 ... AQ:IN:1123

the pi detects that a wifi dongle is connected to the pi but when i start wifi-config it don't show any

My network configuration is:
auto lo
iface lo inet lookback
iface eth0 inet dcph

allow-hotplug wlan0
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dcph


Please help me

[DougieLawson]

For a start change dcph to dhcp.

What OS are you running?
What does lsusb show?
What does ifconfig -a show?
What is "wifi-config"? Do you mean the wpa_gui program on the Xwindows desktop?

[ragrawal3]

lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsyatems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

ifconfig -a:
eth0 (it's ip address)
lo (it's other details)

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces:

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.137.10
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.137.1

allow-hotplug wlan0
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid "Free Internet2"
wpa-psk "RoboWorld987"
#wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
#iface default inet dhcp

[MrEngman]

The wifi dongle you have needs a driver installing. Take a look here http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt ... 82#p462982 for drivers for raspbian (raw image or installed via NOOBS), and installation details.

With the config details you show for /etc/network/interfaces wifi-config will not work. To get wifi-config to work you will need to revert the wlan0 settings in /etc/network/interfaces back to the default settings. If you've changed file /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf that may also need putting back to it's initial state.


MrEngman