How do you disable in the onboard wifi ?
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I may have done it, i opened rc.local and added if wlan0 down before the exit 0 command. Now i cannot see any of the old wifi hotspots just a single one that says hidden :-/
not sure what that means as the one a i made on the router certainly isnt hidden
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still cant see it, going to install pixel desktop now.
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@a7mag3ddon It's definitely wort a try. It's handy in other ways too.
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Ok so installed pixed and it seems the the wireless N dongle might be fake, on the pixel desktop i can still only see the regular networks not the 5ghz one :-(
so frustrating. I do have an old belkin usb dongle one of the first wireless N ones to come to market but have no idea where it is.
Any recommendations for an N that works on Pi ? preferably a stubby usb one?
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@a7mag3ddon I can't personally recommend one. I use the on-board WiFi with no issues. I have generic dongle for my PiZero but that hasn't been on in a while. It was purchased from
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From the pixel desktop, how do i make sure the internal one is turned off ?
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@a7mag3ddon Stick in a nonsense WiFi key.
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wont that just mean its not connected to a network but still on ?
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the pi hut ones are only 2.4ghz
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@a7mag3ddon Yes on both. Sorry.
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