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I am having difficulties using the official RP wifi dongle with Rune (latest official image, RuneAudio_rpi2_rp3_0.4-beta_20160321_2GB.img). I don't have a problem with builtin WiFi, nor I had a problem with stock Raspbian and the dongle.

The device is displayed correctly under Network and is able to see my SSID, but nothing happens when I try to connect: it stays disconnected. The reason to use an external dongle is that I've read that the builtin one is not intended for streaming, but only for IoT tasks.

Is official dongle supported or I better try a different one?

Debug information:
http://pastebin.com/sf9xC1cL

Hi dangert,

welcome to Rune Audio.

I would try to disable the internal wifi first.
Get access to the console or a sftp program to edit the file /etc/modprobe.d/disable_rpi3_wifi_bt.conf:

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##wifi
#blacklist brcmfmac
#blacklist brcmutil
##bt
#blacklist btbcm
#blacklist hci_uart


This will disable wifi:

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##wifi
blacklist brcmfmac
blacklist brcmutil
##bt
#blacklist btbcm
#blacklist hci_uart


Frank

- Get access to the console:
Use SSH from your PC

If you are not familiar with SSH read this for Windows or this for Linux/MacOS
The default login for RuneAudio is "root" with the password "rune" (without quotes).

- Use sftp to access files on Rune Audio:
Get WinSCP from here and install it.
When it opens setup the following:
- Session
File Protocol: SCP
Host name: The IP address of you Raspberry Pi
User name: root
Password: rune

That's it, connect and you can transfer files just by dragging and dropping.

OSX: Try Cyberduck

Thank you, Frank. I didn't know it is necessary.

Is my statement about internal WiFi correct (low powered and not suitable for streaming)?

Hi,

Is my statement about internal WiFi correct (low powered and not suitable for streaming)?

For short distances it works and speed is also OK for streaming.
The most limiting factor is the onboard chip antenna.

Frank

Thank you, Frank!

Blacklisting the builtin adapter didn't help. When disabled, the WiFi dongle wasn't detected at all.

Hi danger,

sorry it was my mistake.
The official usb wifi dongle uses the also a broadcom, so disabling it was for sure not a good idea.

Frank

Is there anything else I can do? With stock Raspbian the dongle was working.

Hi dangert,

it should also work with rune (arch linux).

You can try to update the kernel to the latest version.

* get access to the console (ssh)

* check the free space on your sd card (<=85%). If not resize your partition (see documentation)

* update the kernel and firmware (this is needed to get the EDIMAX dongle working and doesn't hurt anyway)

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pacman -Sy --force raspberrypi-firmware-bootloader linux-raspberrypi

* add "dtparam=audio=on" to your /boot/config.txt

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    # Uncomment one of these lines to enable an audio interface
    #dtoverlay=hifiberry-dac
    #dtoverlay=hifiberry-dacplus
    #dtoverlay=hifiberry-digi
    #dtoverlay=hifiberry-amp
    #dtoverlay=iqaudio-dac
    #dtoverlay=iqaudio-dacplus
    dtparam=audio=on

* delete the file /etc/modules-load.d/ras....conf

Frank

Thank you, Frank for all the help. It finally worked.