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    USB wifi dongle and retropie

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    • D
      Donkbot
      last edited by

      I bought a Foktech AC600 USB wifi dongle (linux compatible apparently) so I could connect my rasberry pie to my network. However, when I goto set the wifi region it says that no wireless interface has been found. I've searched all over for a guide on installing a wifi dongle on retopie, but they all start with setting the wifi region. I'm expecting to install some drivers or something, but being a total newbie to retropie and linux in general I have no idea how.

      Thanks for any help

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      • IanDaemonI
        IanDaemon
        last edited by IanDaemon

        What model Pi are you using? Wifi may be built-in thus not needing a dongle.

        Why the double topics?

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          Donkbot
          last edited by

          oops, my mistake, didn't see topic appear so reposted. Can remove now

          I have a raspebery 2 i think, thats whats written on the board

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          • IanDaemonI
            IanDaemon @Donkbot
            last edited by

            @Donkbot https://www.electronicshub.org/setup-wifi-raspberry-pi-2-using-usb-dongle/#:~:text=Setting up WiFi on Raspberry,adapter like a WiFi Dongle.

            Does this help?

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            • IanDaemonI
              IanDaemon
              last edited by

              Sounds like you could use dmesg | more to check things out, but then you still have to configure the dongle.

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                Donkbot
                last edited by

                Thanks, I'll have a go, presumeably there is a way of accessing the linux CLI from retropie

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                • IanDaemonI
                  IanDaemon
                  last edited by IanDaemon

                  The terminal? Just press F4 or "quit 'emulation station'" if you're using that. Where are you?

                  Exit to command line/terminal.

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Although the vendor page says there's no Linux support, it looks like it's using the RTL 8821CU chipset, so it might work by installing the driver from https://github.com/brektrou/rtl8821CU.

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                      Donkbot
                      last edited by

                      I exited emustation and dropped into a CLI. entered "dmesg | more " and it returned Command not found

                      I'm in the UK

                      @mitu

                      Really? just checked the amazon page where I bought it and your right, that'll teach me not to read the specs carefully

                      So im assuming a supported dongle would be pretty much plug & play?

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @Donkbot
                        last edited by

                        @Donkbot said in USB wifi dongle and retropie:

                        I exited emustation and dropped into a CLI. entered "dmesg | more " and it returned Command not found

                        You need to leave spaces around the pipe character (|).

                        So im assuming a supported dongle would be pretty much plug & play?

                        If it's supported by the Linux kernel, then yes.

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                          Donkbot
                          last edited by

                          Thought I has done that, anyway working now.

                          Looks like the device is being recognised, I can see:

                          usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg
                          usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor-Obda, idProduct=c811, bcdDevice= 2.00
                          usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
                          usb 1-1.2: Product: 802.11ac NIC
                          usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Realtek
                          usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 123456

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                            Donkbot
                            last edited by

                            Do I still need to install I a driver I wonder? That guide seems to go straight onto configuring the wifi (which I thought could be done through retropie-config)

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                              Donkbot
                              last edited by

                              Also, that driver on githib doesn't appear to have any releases. Am I going to have to build the project first?

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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator @Donkbot
                                last edited by mitu

                                @Donkbot said in USB wifi dongle and retropie:

                                Am I going to have to build the project first?

                                There are installation instructions (using dkms) on the project page - there's no need for a 'release'.

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