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Well... if you're able to get linux-firmware-nonfree built into XBian, then it works out of the box. I just got it working in Ubuntu, by a simple apt-get install.

What firmware file is needed?
Debian also supplies a lot of firmware packages.
Try apt-cache search firmware

Btw, 65MB/s is not really fast

XBian uses jessie... correct?


How to add sources in XBian?

Right - currently Jessie is used

You don't have to add anything

Just run an

Actually, I'm not sure they're the same package.. I'm not sure what's in the Ubuntu package.


Here's the list of the Debian package at jessie...

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(28th Feb, 2016 10:22 PM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]Right - currently Jessie is used

You don't have to add anything

Just run a apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree

I tried that.. said package wasn't found.. even after doing apt-get update.

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When selecting arm specific, it says it's there..

That's why I was asking which firmware file is needed.
Usually this will be logged in /var/log/syslog or if systemd has occupied logging you have to use systemd's journalctl
(don't know what ubuntu is using)
There is also a package called firmware-ralink - Binary firmware for Ralink wireless cards, maybe there is it

It's firmware-ralink, and says I have the newest installed.


I'm going to try again with an older copy of XBian, and install it from there.. see what happens.

Btw, I'm going to install a 5G WLAN here. It's time to do this

Will see if I can get a cheap AC600 Stick (TP-Link (Archer T2U) is my favourite)

hahaha Getting bored and wants to play.

I added the Canadian mirrors to my /etc/apt/sources.list.. I guess I could have added the Main instead, but basically just wanted to add the sources listed on Jessie page.. they had 2 more than just the Main you had. It said it covered the arm as well. After that, apt-cache search firmware showed linux-firmware-nonfree. But it errored out.

The package though, is firmware-linux-nonfree_0.43_all.deb.

Too bad there wasn't an "alien --to-arm" or "alien --to-rpi2" command.

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I think I know why it works in Ubuntu, and won't install in XBian. Ubuntu's still using 3.13, and XBian's using 4.1x.


Crap.

Quote:dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/firmware-linux-nonfree_0.43_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/mts_edge.fw', which is also in package linux-image-bcm2836 4.1.13+-1455300621

Not good

If you're still getting bored, you can


This will extract the package into the folder /tmp. And then you are free to copy and overwrite existing files

My guess is it's vntwusb.fw.

No, IMO in this file there are no wlan firmware binaries

You can figure it out which firmware file is used by plugging your wlan stick to your ubuntu system and watch the logfile /var/log/syslog

It's usually logged which firmware file is loaded or at least if a requested firmware file could not be loaded

I'm not sure if a fw file is really needed

Did you noticed this statement
( found there: http://louwrentius.com/getting-the-sitecom-ac600-wi-fi-adapter-running-on-linux.html )

(29th Feb, 2016 01:04 AM)Nachteule Wrote: [ -> ]I'm not sure if a fw file is really needed

Did you noticed this statement

Code:

So once up-and-running, the Sitecom AC600 works fine under Linux and even sees and connects to 5 GHz networks. But not without a caveat of-course. I needed to configure a 5 GHz channel below 100 (I chose 48) on my Apple Airport Extreme, or the Wi-Fi dongle would not see the 5GHz network and would not be able to connect to it.

( found there: http://louwrentius.com/getting-the-sitecom-ac600-wi-fi-adapter-running-on-linux.html )

lol... and here I am trying to find the right one, testing one at a time. I even thought I had it when I found mt7650.bin in my Ubuntu's /lib/firmware directory. Didn't work.

I figured it was similar to my Hauppauge 950Q usb tuner.. the driver's in the kernel, at least in openelec, but we still need to copy dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw to /lib/firmware if we want it to work. Sounded reasonable.. I just couldn't figure out which firmware. That Ubuntu package had some broadcom stuff in it, but I doubt that's it, and it also had a .tgz file that had more than 100 more *.fw's.. all of which were Greek to me.


So... how do go about configuring this channel? Is that in the RT2870STA.dat file?

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ok... think I found it. Under 802.11 Radio tab in my Motorola modem's page, it has "channel".. it was at 149, I set it to 44. Rebooted XBian, and ssh'd back in... iwlist ra0 scan still only showing 2.4g signals.

Seems you are at a dead point

Anyway, bought one TP-Link T2U for € 1,- yesterday and waiting now for delivery ...