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I got a USB wifi for my raspberry pi 2, this way I can keep my pi2 in my room where my monitor is so that if I need to plug it in to my monitor it would be easier.
Although the wifi dongle was plug and play, I had issue with getting it to work as per the instructions on the official documentation page clickme
Instead, the following steps worked for me :
- First verify that device is actually working by typing in
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root huband
$ iwconfigMake sure that the device interface is up if not then
$ ifup wlan0 Inorder for me to get it to work I had to change the /etc/network/interfaces file.
add the following lines:
allow-hotplug wlan0
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
# wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
wpa-ssid "ssid-name"
wpa-psk "password" You can use $ iwlist wlan0 scan(you may need sudo in some cases depending on the kind of user you are.)
to find out the ssid for you wifi.