Supported Wifi Dongles/Chipsets

[Paul Stewart]

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

[John Klug]

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

[Paul Stewart]

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

[Mike Fiore]

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

[Peter Ferland]

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

[Paul Stewart]

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 8 years, 9 months ago by Paul Stewart.
• This reply was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by Paul Stewart.

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