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Comment on Raspberry Pi – Wireless configuration by SLB

SLB — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:17:14 +0000

Bob, I gave you a solution that works for at least 80-90% of the people who have had the same problem in the raspberry pi community, I indeed said “should”, and not “will”. I think you shall accept any advice without complain. Furthermore, you said you think it’s time to bin the R’pi and forget about Linux – at this rate it will never manage to superceed Windows, those words don’t sound to be of an experienced expert, rather, that’s how we get experience, so no need to boast about experience, especially when it brings nothing in the particular case. Please be grateful for any advice you get, and remember that what works for some people, may not work for others when a problem is described in quite a vague way.
Good luck, cheers.

Comment on Raspberry Pi – Wireless configuration by Bob Fearnley

Bob Fearnley — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:55:38 +0000

SLB,
Being an electronics engineer of 45 years standing and and IT engineer of some 30 years experience that was how I started out!

Why is it that every ‘expert’ always offers that as a fix?

Gerwin,

Many thanks for your input, I shall try that.

Comment on Raspberry Pi – Wireless configuration by Gerwin

Gerwin — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:04:04 +0000

so I added that to /etc/rc.local and now it starts up automatically.

Comment on Raspberry Pi – Wireless configuration by Gerwin

Gerwin — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:58:36 +0000

and for some reason if manually have to do sudo ifdown wlan0; sudo ifup wlan0.

Comment on Raspberry Pi – Wireless configuration by Gerwin

Gerwin — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:47:18 +0000

Add the network {…} to the /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf file instead of the /etc/wpa.conf. That fixed the problem for me.

Comment on Raspberry Pi – Wireless configuration by SLB

SLB — Tue, 28 May 2013 14:07:00 +0000

Your Pi can’t supply enough power for your dongle. Use it with a powered usb hub and that should fix your problem.
If you want to bin it, send it to me instead, lol : )

Comment on Raspberry Pi – Wireless configuration by Bob Fearnley

Bob Fearnley — Tue, 28 May 2013 13:55:47 +0000

Didn’t work for me but I got a bit further than with other help sites.

sudo dmesg No longer shows loads of errors associated with the zd1221. The zd1211 entry looks Ok.

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan Now lists all the local access points correctlt.

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart Runs without error

But the led on the dongle just blinks very slowly and no network access. A ping to the ip from another PC returns nothing.

Think it’s time to bin the R’pi and forget about Linux – at this rate it will never manage to superceed Windows!

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Comment on Raspberry Pi – Webcam streaming by Russ

Russ — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:40:52 +0000

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