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deepy

Member Since 15 Feb 2007
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Wifi Drivers DM7020HD

3 August 2012 - 10:21

I know this is a topic that has been discussed on here before but I think it is worth raising again.

The DM7020HD is shipped with the RTL8192cu wifi dongle and this is supported in many images.

For years I have used PLi then OpenPLi images on various dreamboxes, love the look and feel of them. When I got the 7020 I found the wifi drivers werent included, but found they are in the OpenAAF version. Recently there was a bug in the DVB module which caused Cccam to carry on working, but without a picture on screen. The fix has been made in recent OpenPLi images, but not in the aaf version. Forcing an update of the DVB module in the aaf version just causes the box to hang on boot up.

So we have similar images, one with bugged DVB drivers, one without wifi.

I may be making this too simplistic, but is it really not possible to include whatever modules are needed in the PLi image to get wifi working? Yes I know I could use a LAN cable, but that's not practical, and yes I could use something like a vonets bridge. But since the machine is shipped with the dongle it would be good to have a working OpenPLi image.