How do you disable in the onboard wifi ?

AlexMurphy

@a7mag3ddon Do you have the PIXEL desktop installed? It sometimes makes these tasks a lot easier.

a7mag3ddon

no i dont have pixel desktop installed, would you recommend it? and if i do, how do i make it so retropie used the dongle and shows me the SSID in the wifi list ?

AlexMurphy

@a7mag3ddon You can install it from the setup script. It's in Configuration / tools > raspbian tools ... > Install PIXEL desktop environment. Once installed you can access via the ports section. You just right click on the WiFi icon on the top right and set it up to connect to the SSID you want.

RetroPie does not have its' own WiFi config, it uses the Raspbian one.

a7mag3ddon

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

a7mag3ddon

still cant see it, going to install pixel desktop now.

AlexMurphy

@a7mag3ddon It's definitely wort a try. It's handy in other ways too.

a7mag3ddon

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?

AlexMurphy

@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 thepihut

a7mag3ddon

From the pixel desktop, how do i make sure the internal one is turned off ?

AlexMurphy

@a7mag3ddon Stick in a nonsense WiFi key.

a7mag3ddon

wont that just mean its not connected to a network but still on ?

a7mag3ddon

the pi hut ones are only 2.4ghz

AlexMurphy

@a7mag3ddon Yes on both. Sorry.