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[delta40]

Bonjour / Hello

 

VU+ Solo2 receiver image OpenPLi » Develop builds V9
Unable to use usb wifi dongle.
THE Wlan appears fine in the list of networks, but when I click, ACTIVE, interface, it says ok, but always comes back Off. Unable to use it
If I use an OpenBH 5.3 for VU+ image, my wifi dongle works.
Do you have a solution so I can use my wifi dongle on Open pli

[WanWizard]

What dongle?

[delta40]

-- wifi usb key chipset realteck  (dongle original Dreambox 7020HD)

 

What dongle?

Edited by delta40, 28 January 2024 - 17:57.

[WanWizard]

We need to know exactly what chipset.

 

And have you installed the driver for it? Unlike OE-A based images, we don't install everything but the kitchen sink by default.

[Dorfkind]

lsusb

will show

[mrvica]

I experienced the same with this dongle, sometiimes it gets recognized, you see it in adapters, after a few seconds it stops working, if I restart the box it works for a while

https://forums.openp...dpost&p=1601618

I think the PLi WLAN recognition should be revised, just borrow it from ViX, it is closer to PLi than ATV I think

[WanWizard]

No idea what you're on about.

 

PLi doesn't do "WLAN recognition", you load a kernel driver, and that either works, or it doesn't. Enigma (from any image) just calls the commandline "iw" tools.

[mrvica]

I am not an expert, I don´t see these files in ATV

root@h7:/lib/modules/4.10.12/kernel/drivers/net/wireless# dir
drwxr-xr-x    7 root     root          4096 May 16  2023 .
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root          4096 May 16  2023 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       1528392 Sep 11  2022 8192eu.ko
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       2580212 Sep 11  2022 8192fu.ko
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       1010712 Sep 11  2022 8723bu.ko
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       2943764 Sep 11  2022 88x2bu.ko
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root          4096 May 16  2023 ath
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root          4096 May 16  2023 mediatek
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root          4096 May 16  2023 ralink
drwxr-xr-x    5 root     root          4096 May 16  2023 realtek
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root          4096 May 16  2023 zydas

8192e..ko, they are kind of huge for the firmware (driver)

 

 

[WanWizard]

Drivers can be huge, especially if they need to support lots of chipset variations.

[s3n0]

 

-- wifi usb key chipset realteck  (dongle original Dreambox 7020HD)

 

What dongle?

 

 

Hi.

 

You mean the "Dreambox WLAN Stick 300" - USB WiFi (2.4 GHz) dongle ?!

This one: https://www.olmi.tv/...ion=description

If so... then... it should be Realtek RTL8192CU chipset.

 

Because there is also "Dreambox WLAN Stick 600" - USB WiFi Dual-Band (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz) dongle.

https://satelity.ell...mbps_39594.html
And this chipset is different... unfortunately I didn't find out which one so that you can then install it in OpenPLi.
 

But to be sure, it would be advisable to remove + reconnect the USB WiFi dongle in your set-top box. Then... using the terminal connection (PuTTY - Telnet or SSH protocol), write the following commands:

lsusb

...and also:

dmesg | tail -n 15

...and then... you can insert the report from these commands here - into the discussion.

Edited by s3n0, 28 January 2024 - 21:55.

[mrvica]

someone asked a while ago which wlans work under PLi, this one I tested positively on PLi 8.3

cudy model wu1400

AC1300 Wi-Fi High-Gain USB Adapter, WU1400 1.0 – Cudy

 

this is what lsusb says

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL88x2bu [AC1200 Techkey] 

[kalehrl]

The cheapest one I found that works on Xtrend ET7100 V2 and openpli is this one, 8188:

https://www.aliexpre...6635708837.html

kernel-module-rtl8188fu and firmware-rtl8188fu need to be installed on the box.

Edited by kalehrl, 19 June 2024 - 06:42.

[WanWizard]

Thanks, this is very useful information.

[kalehrl]

MT7601 from the same link didn't work even after installing the correct drivers.

There was some sort of kernel panic and I had to order another one, 8188 which works fine.