Wifi Dongle

Jevgenij

Hello,

I have installed ubilinux on my upboard. Completed installation without wifi dongle inserted. However, after the installation the dongle is not recognized? What could I do to solve it?

Thank you!

Dan O'Donovan

What type of WiFi dongle is it, jevgenij?
(brand & model number)

Jevgenij

Thank you for your response, Dan,

It is LB-Link BL-WN2210 300Mbps Wireless usb adapter. It is part of upboard standard package.

Dan O'Donovan

I've just tried this on my UP board now with a TP-Link version of the same dongle (it uses the same chipset), and I think I'm seeing the problem that you're seeing. When I enter the Wicd Network Manger, no wifi networks are shown. And running 'sudo ifconfig' doesn't show a wlan0 interface. Is that what you're seeing too?

I did get mine working though. In my case, running 'sudo ifconfig -a' did show that wlan0 was there but not configured. I opened the preferences pane in Wicd and added 'wlan0' as the Wireless interface in the 'General Settings' tab (not sure why it didn't discover it by default). Once I did that, the wifi dongle started working and it discovered the various WiFi networks in my vicinity.

Hope that helps. If you don't see 'wlan0' when running 'sudo ifconfig -a', then the problem is most likely something else.

Cheers,
-Dan

P.S. I strongly recommend following the instructions here to replace the drivers for your WiFi dongle once you get it up and running:
https://up-community.org/wiki/Wireless#Realtek_WiFi_dongle_issues
There's a memory leak problem with the built-in drivers.

Jevgenij

After following you suggestions it worked! Thank you

Thomas

I have the same issue and I replaced the drivers, but I can't get the wifi working.
I installed ubilnux a while ago and just got the LB-Link wifi dongle from the up shop a few days ago.

Could you give me any advice on how to get this working?

Thanks,

Thomas

Dan O'Donovan

From the instructions above, what steps have you performed so far?

Thomas

I did the /opt/install... command. I actually got it working.

Thanks!

Thomas

bruce

Hi there, I have the same issue, I have TL-WN823N, it works with my windows machine but not with the UP board.
when I type this command

lsusb

, the name of the dongle is totally blank,

Bus 001 Device 012: ID 2357:0109

I also followed your instruction Wicd Network Manager -> Preferences ->General Settings

Here, I already have
Wireless interface: wlan0
Wired Interface: eth0
Still Wicd Network Manager shows No wireless network found

One more thing, in Advanced Settings I have more than one options available in Driver: and they are
none
nl80211
wext
none


what should I do in this case?