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Wifi

On the device Wifi is supported over several USB Adapter.

Supported USB Adapters:

Adapter

Tested

Realtek 8192 chipset:

  • ASUSTek USB-N13 rev. B1 (0b05:17ab)

  • Belkin N300 (050d:2103)

  • D-Link DWA-121 802.11n Wireless N 150 Pico Adapter [RTL8188CUS]

  • Edimax EW-7811Un (7392:7811)

  • Kootek KT-RPWF (0bda:8176)

  • OurLink 150M 802.11n (0bda:8176)

  • Plugable USB 2.0 Wireless N 802.11n (0bda:8176)

  • TP-Link TL-WN725N (0bda:8176)

  • TP-Link TL-WN821Nv4 (0bda:8178)

  • TP-Link TL-WN822N (0bda:8178)

  • TP-Link TL-WN823N (only models that use the rtl8192cu chip)

  • TRENDnet TEW-648UBM N150

Yes (only Edimax EW-7811Un)

Realtek 8150 chipset (kernel module)

No

Realtek 8152 chipset (kernel module)

No

Broadcom chipset

No

Using Wifi on the device:

Before start make sure that your wifi usb adapter pluged you can check that with the rfkill or iw command

Bash
rfkill list

iw dev

Bring up the wifi device with ifconfig command and start scanning, make sure the target device's wifi is on and It's discoverable.

Bash
ifconfig wlan0 up
 
iw wlan0 scan

Wait few moment to complete the iw scan, the results will be something like bellow.

Bash
BSS 24:f2:7f:13:7c:40(on wlan0)
        TSF: 9769417318401 usec (113d, 01:43:37)
        freq: 2412
        beacon interval: 100 TUs
        capability: ESS Privacy ShortPreamble ShortSlotTime RadioMeasure (0x1431)
        signal: -71.00 dBm
        last seen: 0 ms ago
        ...

Remarks:

  • You can also use the SystemWebConfig to integrate Wifi support on your device