Amazon reviews say the Edimax EW-7811UTC AC600 works out of the box, but it doesn't?
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I did a fresh reinstall with the latest updates tonight on my Raspberry Pi 2 Model B. I decided to upgrade to the Edimax EW-7811UTC AC600 wifi adapter. Amazon reviews said it works out-of-the-box. But it doesn't work for me, and I haven't found anything useful online for this build. Help?
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@phiIIips I got the same adapter today, also flashed a new card tonight and I had no luck either. Going to search more tomorrow, I'll post any good info I find
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Thank you. Thought I was going crazy here. I've found a few drivers but they're all for old kernels and I couldn't get them working.
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I am always weary on amazon reviews.
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I bought that one too - didn't work for me and I returned it.
Also tried the "UN" flavor (bluetooth and wifi), reviews said it works....never worked for me (and doesn't seem like anybody here knows how to make it work either since no reply to that post).
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Here is a better source for checking Rpi compatibility: http://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Wi-Fi_Adapters
Theis adapter is mentioned, howere there are a couple links to guides showing how to get it working, so I would not think it would work out of the box.
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@mrbwa1
I think the problem for me is the exact flavor of Jessie RetroPie is built upon. I've tried tons of those tutorials and for ones that topic you linked to say they do work – but I could never get them to work in RetroPie (but I'm not Linux terminal expert so it could surely be just me ;) -
@Dochartaigh said in Amazon reviews say the Edimax EW-7811UTC AC600 works out of the box, but it doesn't?:
@mrbwa1
I think the problem for me is the exact flavor of Jessie RetroPie is built upon. I've tried tons of those tutorials and for ones that topic you linked to say they do work – but I could never get them to work in RetroPie (but I'm not Linux terminal expert so it could surely be just me ;)That does tend to be a problem with some tutorials. To be honest, I avoided wifi on the Pi because of issues. I started with an Edimax EW-7438rpn wifi "extender" set up as a wireless bridge using the manufacturer's setup instructions. It was fast, but seemed to need to be unplugged and plugged back in to reboot every few days. I ended up converting an old Linksys E1200 router to DD-WRT firmware and use that as a wireless bridge for the Pi, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Strangely the Oi3 I now have and even the Xbox one had terrible wifi speed with the built in WiFi, but both are really fast with the Edimax or my newer DD-WRT setup.
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Often solutions to things like this are found on the raspberrypi.org forum (on the RPI RetroPie is not an OS, but a package of software running on top of Raspbian Lite)
Looks like someone made an installer script here
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1038787#p1038787
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@BuZz But it seems like they want you to have an existing internet connection on the Pi when you're trying to set up an internet connection on the Pi. That's the odd catch 22 here - there is no connection which is why I got the dongle...
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@millertv79 You will have to go somewhere where you can connect the ethernet - or purchase a known working out of the box $5 wifi dongle.
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This is not an uncommon thing with Linux. Some thingswill work right out of the box; most other devices require a connection to download proper drivers or configure properly. It's not just Raspbian and the Pi, but rather something that's been going for Debian for years (which is why a lot of Linux, especially Debian was bigger in academic circles on campuses with high speed internet back in the day.
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Well I have never looked to any dedicated WLAN Raspberry page and got all of my 6 different WLAN sticks working. It is really try and error and 3 out of 6 work all out of the box.
The other 3 need some drivers but after doing this they also work.I have never tried this but some builds like OpenElec got a wider range of drivers loaded. Usually the driver are stored in
/lib/firmware/so you may try to copy those to your actual RetroPie installation.Welcome to the Unix world!
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@BuZz I have done numerous searches but just can't seem to find one that work out of the box yet. This is attempt #3. If you have a dongle suggestion I would be very open to it, maybe 4th time is the charm :-)
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@phiIIips same here. Think I'm ready to send it back :-(
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@millertv79 get one from the compatibility list, or buy one specifically advertised for the rpi (eg from a company that sells RPI hardware)
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@cyperghost Haha thanks! If you can recommend any of your out-of-the-box working ones, I'd appreciate it
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@millertv79 Look at the chart here: http://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Wi-Fi_Adapters
I'm pretty sure this is the one that works: https://www.amazon.com/FotoFo-USB-WiFi-Adapter-Raspberry/dp/B01I191N48/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1484854947&sr=1-4&keywords=official+raspberry+pi+wifi
EDIT: This is the one: https://www.amazon.com/Edimax-EW-7811Un-150Mbps-Raspberry-Supports/dp/B003MTTJOY/ref=pd_cp_147_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AK8AZ89FD0NDE1BA6WV7
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@millertv79
No Problem :)LogiLink WL0084E Wireless N 150Mbps USB Adapter
Ultra-Nano WLAN-Stick EDIMAX EW-7811Un, 150Mbps
WLAN USB-Stick NETGEAR WG111, 54 MbpsThe Netgear gots the BIG advantage and it's very very cheap 2$
The Edimax is often recommended to run flawless and if I were you I would stick to this one.With driver support:
Siemens Gigaset USB Adapter 54 (nasty!)
Sitecom WL-113 USB Adapter -
@cyperghost Thank you much! I'm going to add those to my list :-)
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