Hi, I recently bought the following:
1 x Raspberry Pi 2 - Model B - ARMv7 with 1G RAM[ID:2358]
1 x Miniature WiFi (802.11b/g/n) Module: For Raspberry Pi and more[ID:814]
1 x Raspberry Pi B+ / Pi 2 Frosted White Enclosure[ID:1997]
& The miniature WiFi module is not working. It see's Wireless Networks, but when we put in the password, it does not connect with any network. We have tried multiple networks & multiple Raspberry Pi's with the same result.
Thanks.
Miniature WiFi (802.11b/g/n) Module: For Raspberry Pi and mo
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- sdives2
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Re: Miniature WiFi (802.11b/g/n) Module: For Raspberry Pi an
What do you have in /etc/network/interfaces?
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Re: Miniature WiFi (802.11b/g/n) Module: For Raspberry Pi an
root@raspberrypi:/etc/network# pwd
/etc/network
root@raspberrypi:/etc/network# cat interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
auto wlan1
allow-hotplug wlan1
iface wlan1 inet manual
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
/etc/network
root@raspberrypi:/etc/network# cat interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
auto wlan1
allow-hotplug wlan1
iface wlan1 inet manual
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
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Re: Miniature WiFi (802.11b/g/n) Module: For Raspberry Pi an
I also tried the tutorial here> https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... ess-cli.md & it didn't work.sdives2 wrote:root@raspberrypi:/etc/network# pwd
/etc/network
root@raspberrypi:/etc/network# cat interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
auto wlan1
allow-hotplug wlan1
iface wlan1 inet manual
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
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Re: Miniature WiFi (802.11b/g/n) Module: For Raspberry Pi an
Those options will set the IP address manually, with the details in /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
What do you have in that file?
What do you have in that file?
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Re: Miniature WiFi (802.11b/g/n) Module: For Raspberry Pi an
cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ictrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
network={
ssid="homepna5G"
psk="the password here"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}
network={
ssid="cantwks"
psk="the password here"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}
ictrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
network={
ssid="homepna5G"
psk="the password here"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}
network={
ssid="cantwks"
psk="the password here"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}
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Re: Miniature WiFi (802.11b/g/n) Module: For Raspberry Pi an
Looks like you have a mismatch in the settings.
The 'manual' keyword means you'll set the device's IP address yourself. Try changing that to 'dhcp', which will pull an address from the WAP.
The 'manual' keyword means you'll set the device's IP address yourself. Try changing that to 'dhcp', which will pull an address from the WAP.
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Re: Miniature WiFi (802.11b/g/n) Module: For Raspberry Pi an
Not working after a re-boot.
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root@raspberrypi:/etc/network# cat interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
auto wlan1
allow-hotplug wlan1
iface wlan1 inet dhcp
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
root@raspberrypi:/etc/network# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:27:eb:61:1a:5e
inet addr:192.168.230.80 Bcast:192.168.230.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2311 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:546 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:138778 (135.5 KiB) TX bytes:83163 (81.2 KiB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:100 (100.0 B) TX bytes:100 (100.0 B)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 40:a5:ef:06:47:de
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
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My co-worker who has Pi plugged in his dongle & it worked without any changes on this board. May I please return the Wifi dongle?
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root@raspberrypi:/etc/network# cat interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
auto wlan1
allow-hotplug wlan1
iface wlan1 inet dhcp
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
root@raspberrypi:/etc/network# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:27:eb:61:1a:5e
inet addr:192.168.230.80 Bcast:192.168.230.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2311 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:546 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:138778 (135.5 KiB) TX bytes:83163 (81.2 KiB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:100 (100.0 B) TX bytes:100 (100.0 B)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 40:a5:ef:06:47:de
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
------------------------
My co-worker who has Pi plugged in his dongle & it worked without any changes on this board. May I please return the Wifi dongle?
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Re: Miniature WiFi (802.11b/g/n) Module: For Raspberry Pi an
One more thing to try before we make you sit through a shipping delay:
Try moving the SSID and PSK information into /etc/network/interfaces. Mine looks like this:
Try moving the SSID and PSK information into /etc/network/interfaces. Mine looks like this:
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auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid "network-name"
wpa-psk "password"
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Re: Miniature WiFi (802.11b/g/n) Module: For Raspberry Pi an
Support,
Frankly I am totally disappointed with this experience. I purchased both the PI & the Wifi dongle from you guys & have:
1. Updated my interfaces.conf file per your suggestion
2. Updated all other settings per your suggestion
3. Plugged in this dongle on my co-workers pi & could not get it to work
4. plugged im my co-workers dongle in this raspberry pi & got it to work
5. Installed a new version off NOOB's and didn't get the dongle to work.
For a $9.99 device I am NOT willing to put in this much time. At this point, I would like:
1. A refund for the WiFi dongle
Or
2. A full refund for everything, & I will ship everything back to you. This NOT the experience I had expected when I had bought this (& no I am not complaining about the Raspberry Pi itself, since I had it up and running in a couple of hours)!!
S -
Frankly I am totally disappointed with this experience. I purchased both the PI & the Wifi dongle from you guys & have:
1. Updated my interfaces.conf file per your suggestion
2. Updated all other settings per your suggestion
3. Plugged in this dongle on my co-workers pi & could not get it to work
4. plugged im my co-workers dongle in this raspberry pi & got it to work
5. Installed a new version off NOOB's and didn't get the dongle to work.
For a $9.99 device I am NOT willing to put in this much time. At this point, I would like:
1. A refund for the WiFi dongle
Or
2. A full refund for everything, & I will ship everything back to you. This NOT the experience I had expected when I had bought this (& no I am not complaining about the Raspberry Pi itself, since I had it up and running in a couple of hours)!!
S -
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Re: Miniature WiFi (802.11b/g/n) Module: For Raspberry Pi an
We try to avoid shipping replacements that won't fix the actual problem.
Send a note to [email protected] with a link to this thread and the folks there will get you a replacement wifi dongle.
(#814)
Send a note to [email protected] with a link to this thread and the folks there will get you a replacement wifi dongle.
(#814)
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