2021-08-17, 11:54 AM
A quick update as I haven't yet received the Ralink WiFi Dongle yet.
I have been continuing testing with the Edisun Wifi Dongle as that appeared to work to some extent.
With the OpenPlotter V2 image, even though I thought the wiFi was almost working, it seems it does need the additional driver (Mr. Engman) this works with the kernel supplied in the image (previously I made the mistake of applying both OpenPlotter and RP OS updates and then trying to load the driver which failed to find a compatible driver)
So, I applied the OpenPlotter updates and all seems to work, the two wireless networks work and I can route to the internet when VNCing to the pi.
I found that updating RP OS (sudo apt update, sudo apt full-upgrade) broke the second wireless.
My preliminary conclusions so far are:
Accessing the WiFi setup via the Wifi icon in the system tray (or whatever the correct terminology is) doesn't work and throws an error each time. in the end I used sudo raspi-config to make all changes and just quit the startup dialogue .
The Edisun dongle doesn't have native drivers in RP OS and the Mr.Engman utility doesn't appear to have a driver compatible with the latest kernel version.
So, as you say, it appears to be the dongle.
I will update the thread when the Ralink arrives and I get a chance to test it.
I have been continuing testing with the Edisun Wifi Dongle as that appeared to work to some extent.
With the OpenPlotter V2 image, even though I thought the wiFi was almost working, it seems it does need the additional driver (Mr. Engman) this works with the kernel supplied in the image (previously I made the mistake of applying both OpenPlotter and RP OS updates and then trying to load the driver which failed to find a compatible driver)
So, I applied the OpenPlotter updates and all seems to work, the two wireless networks work and I can route to the internet when VNCing to the pi.
I found that updating RP OS (sudo apt update, sudo apt full-upgrade) broke the second wireless.
My preliminary conclusions so far are:
Accessing the WiFi setup via the Wifi icon in the system tray (or whatever the correct terminology is) doesn't work and throws an error each time. in the end I used sudo raspi-config to make all changes and just quit the startup dialogue .
The Edisun dongle doesn't have native drivers in RP OS and the Mr.Engman utility doesn't appear to have a driver compatible with the latest kernel version.
So, as you say, it appears to be the dongle.
I will update the thread when the Ralink arrives and I get a chance to test it.