Supported Wifi Dongles/Chipsets

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  • #17955
    Paul Stewart
    Participant

    Hi All,

    can anybody tell me if there are a list of supported wifi dongles that could be used in the USB host port on the Conduit

    cheers
    Paul

    #17962
    John Klug
    Moderator

    There should be a Conduit soon with integrated WiFi. There is no supported WiFi dongle.

    #17963
    Paul Stewart
    Participant

    I wonder if the 6 Conduits I have can be retrofitted in any way?

    #17964
    Mike Fiore
    Blocked

    Paul,

    The new Conduit will be a modified HW design, so I don’t think retrofitting will be an option.

    I did some looking around a found a forum post where people got WiFi dongles working with the Conduit.

    https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/wifi-config-on-a-multitech-mlinux-conduit/1244

    Hope this helps!

    Cheers,
    Mike

    #17966
    Peter Ferland
    Blocked

    Hi Paul,
    The base mLinux package feed contains kernel modules and firmware for a variety of wifi chipsets. You can list all kernel modules available using the command “opkg list kernel-module-*” – if you know the exact chipset you’re looking for you can of course be more specific. For example the module for the realtek rtl8192cu chipset is kernel-module-rtl8192cu and the firmware package is linux-firmware-rtl8192cu.
    You’ll need internet access to install new packages from the mLinux feed. As an example to install the firmware and module for the common realtek 8192x chipsets:
    opkg update
    opkg install kernel-module-rtl8192cu linux-firmware-rtl8192cu

    #18007
    Paul Stewart
    Participant

    OK thanks, thats seemed to have worked (partly)

    Using same settings (apart from SSID and Password of course) from here

    https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/wifi-config-on-a-multitech-mlinux-conduit/1244/6

    ifconfig now lists wlan0

    wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 74:DA:38:92:5C:F3
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:1945 errors:0 dropped:173 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:288316 (281.5 KiB) TX bytes:1012 (1012.0 B)

    and ifup wlan0 results in this

    admin@mtcdt:~# ifup wlan0
    udhcpc (v1.22.1) started
    Sending discover…
    Sending discover…
    Sending discover…
    Usage: /etc/udhcpc.d/lanup {bound|renew|deconfig}
    run-parts: /etc/udhcpc.d/lanup exited with code 1
    No lease, failing
    admin@mtcdt:~#

    I’m really an amateur at both Linux and the Multitech – any hints on what to check/change greatly appreciated.

    cheers
    Paul

    edit: I am working on an AEP model if that makes a difference

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Paul Stewart.
    • This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Paul Stewart.
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