Wifi & Samba Share

GiGo

Hello all, new to the forums and new to Pi's (kind of).

I'm hoping for a little help. I've had a couple of Pi's sitting in a box for ages and a few years ago (probably 2015) I setup a RetroPi and I remembered it didn't work so well, games didn't load etc... so I decided not to bother with it and back in the box the Pi went, waiting for me to try something else with it.

So the time has come for me to try again at RetroPie
I have a Raspberry Pi Model B
I have installed RetroPie by downloading and wiriting the image to the SD card.

I have a couple of questions if someone would be able to help me;

I'm having issues with my WiFi USB dongle, it's a TP-LINK TL-WN725N V2, which didn't get recognised by RetroPie, which I understand is normal, I've done a Google and everything has gone a bit over my head, I know the adapter does work (as I used it in the Pi for something else I did a while ago). I've come across "http://downloads.fars-robotics.net/" which says which version to download etc... but I'm still confused, how do I 'install the drivers'?
Once the WiFi issue is resolved (I've just cabled it to my access point at the moment) how to do map a network drive to enable me to see the ROMs I have, I'm a little confused. I have a load of ROMs on my NAS box, but I'm not sure how to point the Pi at the directory.

Sorry if these questions seem rather n00b-ish. I just thought it about time I used the Pi thats been sat around waiting for a use for almost a half decade, I originally setup it up for Kodi many moons ago but since changed my media setup etc... so retired it and keep thinking 'i'll do that with it one day'., the day has come.....

Thanks in advanced.

mitu

@gigo said in Wifi & Samba Share:

I'm having issues with my WiFi USB dongle, it's a TP-LINK TL-WN725N V2, which didn't get recognised by RetroPie, which I understand is normal, I've done a Google and everything has gone a bit over my head, I know the adapter does work (as I used it in the Pi for something else I did a while ago). I've come across "http://downloads.fars-robotics.net/" which says which version to download etc... but I'm still confused, how do I 'install the drivers'?

There's a topic in the Raspberry Pi forums here with some steps, but the simpler solution seems to be:

Also I have made a script which will automatically install the right driver version if it is available. The script can be downloaded using
 sudo wget http://downloads.fars-robotics.net/wifi-drivers/install-wifi -O /usr/bin/install-wifi
 sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/install-wifi
Use command sudo install-wifi -h for details on how you can use it to download or update the wifi driver. This script will automatically determine the wifi you are using and search for the correct driver to download for the kernel version you are using. The script can also install wifi drivers for wifi modules using 8192eu, 8812au, mt7610 or mt7612 drivers.

Once the WiFi issue is resolved (I've just cabled it to my access point at the moment) how to do map a network drive to enable me to see the ROMs I have, I'm a little confused. I have a load of ROMs on my NAS box, but I'm not sure how to point the Pi at the directory.

See https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-Network-Share/.

GiGo

@mitu

Thanks for that! Will test the WiFi thing out later.
Will look into how to the samba share working too, seems a little completeled for my little mind, but sure I'll get my head around it.

GiGo

@mitu
Wifi now works, the link to link to the "RetroPie DocsRunning ROMs from a Network Share" seems not to work as I guess my Synology NAS uses NFS instead of CIFS, will figure that out later.

Thanks for your input.

GiGo

I am still drawing a blank :(

I have used the code line;

//192.168.1.10/Storage/ROMs /home/pi/RetroPie/roms cifs username=Username,password=Password,nounix,noserverino,defaults,users,auto 0 0

I am of course replacing the IP address with my own.

But I am getting mount.error(22): Invalid Argument

I have googled and I read that adding a vers=1.0/2.0/3.0 would possibly make it work but it doesn't, I've doubled checked the setting on my NAS and enabled version 3 but still no luck.

I have tried removing the "password=" and it comes up asking me for the the password of the user that I have entered but it stil comes back with mount.error(22).

Really hoping someone can tell me what I am doing wrong.

mitu

@gigo said in Wifi & Samba Share:

//192.168.1.10/Storage/ROMs /home/pi/RetroPie/roms cifs username=Username,password=Password,nounix,noserverino,defaults,users,auto 0 0

If your NAS is running NFS for file shares, why are you using CIFS/SMB to set up the share mount ? You should be using nfs as filesystem type and a different syntax for the share (server:/path/to/share).

GiGo

@mitu I was mistaken, I thought I had enabled NFS for something else I was working on before but I hadn't.

I have enabled CIFS v3 but still no luck. I keep getting the 22 error.

mitu

Can you post the exact mount command you're using ? Try running it first from the command line, via sudo, and add -v so you get more details. Something like:

sudo mount -v //192.168.1.10/Storage/ROMs /home/pi/RetroPie/roms -t cifs -o username=Username,password=Password,nounix,noserverino,vers=3.0

GiGo

@mitu thanks for your reply.

I've tried using the sudo mount -v but I get "mount: bad usage" error when trying to it from the command line rather than editing the fstab.

I'm using this in fstab

//192.168.68.3/volume_1/ROMS /home/pi/RetroPie/roms cifs user=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD,vers=3.0,nounix,noservino

GiGo

I have just tried;

sudo mount //192.168.68.3/volume_1/ROMS /home/pi/RetroPie/roms

And it returns mount.error(2): No such file or directory.

mitu

@gigo said in Wifi & Samba Share:

And it returns mount.error(2): No such file or directory.

What is the name of the share ? Maybe it's not volume_1 ? If you browse the same share from a PC it's working ?

EDIT: actually, your command is wrong - you forgot to specify you want to use cifs as filesystem type. The mount command tries to find a local (on the Pi) folder named //192.168.68.3/volume_1/ROMS, which obviously doesn't exist, hence the error.

GiGo

@mitu
Yes idiot me had it in my head it was 'volume_1' but it's 'volume1'

sudo mount //192.168.68.3/volume1/ROMS /home/pi/RetroPie/roms cifs user=USERNAME,password=password

This now just gives me a 'bad usage' error

mitu

@gigo Please see the syntax of the mount command I posted earlier.

GiGo

@mitu getting somewhere now!
It is still returning error(2) which I guess is refering to the NAS, but I know it's there.

OK so even more foolishly I remove the /volume1/ and just use /ROMS it works!

I assumed I had to add the /volume1/ as that what my emby setup uses for my media.

All working now, thank you for you help!

GiGo

@mitu
So now it's working...... Could I take my RetroPie outside my local network but change the mouted folder so it can access it remotely? I have WebDAV enabled on my NAS, so I assuming it would be a case of just pointing it at the synology.me address I have setup?

mitu

@gigo said in Wifi & Samba Share:

I have WebDAV enabled on my NAS, so I assuming it would be a case of just pointing it at the synology.me address I have setup?

Webdav is not the same as CIFS, so the answer would be no. I'd advise against opening your local ROM folder to the internet. If you want to take your Pi on the go, then copy some ROMs locally and use that.

GiGo

@mitu said in Wifi & Samba Share:

@gigo said in Wifi & Samba Share:

I have WebDAV enabled on my NAS, so I assuming it would be a case of just pointing it at the synology.me address I have setup?

Webdav is not the same as CIFS, so the answer would be no. I'd advise against opening your local ROM folder to the internet. If you want to take your Pi on the go, then copy some ROMs locally and use that.

Thanks for the heads up, really appreciate the help. Now for some retro gaming :D