WiFi USB TL-WN721N does not work

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WiFi USB TL-WN721N does not work - parslej - 8th Mar, 2013 05:28 PM

Wish to try XBIAN but have big showstoper - my WiFi doesnt work
LED is still green, never blinks...

In settings wlan0 status is DOWN and ssid cannot be found

Same stuff works with OpenElec and Raspbmc with no issues...

Any idea how to make it running ??

RE: WiFi USB TL-WN721N does not work - CurlyMo - 8th Mar, 2013 05:43 PM

By letting us know what modules/firmware the specific module needs.

RE: WiFi USB TL-WN721N does not work - parslej - 8th Mar, 2013 08:06 PM

Apologs I'm Linux noob... If you can tell me what deliver I'll do so

Im using latest build 1.0 Alpha 5 and standard config
Nothing more was installed by me

PS Just check Raspbmc -and wifi is working there as well...

RE: WiFi USB TL-WN721N does not work - Koenkk - 8th Mar, 2013 08:12 PM

- What wireless dongle do you have
- In XBMC -> Settings -> System -> XBian. Did you set Static to DHCP?

RE: WiFi USB TL-WN721N does not work - parslej - 8th Mar, 2013 08:28 PM

Yep. I enter static IPs
(Canot enter / select SID)

Also when observing dongle with other distribution - LED is blinking there (guess this indicates some transfer) but on XBIAN light constantly (no blinking from startup I meant)

RE: WiFi USB TL-WN721N does not work - Koenkk - 8th Mar, 2013 09:56 PM

So what wireless dongle do you have?

RE: WiFi USB TL-WN721N does not work - CurlyMo - 8th Mar, 2013 09:57 PM

Check the title of his post Wink

RE: WiFi USB TL-WN721N does not work - Koenkk - 8th Mar, 2013 10:06 PM

http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeripherals

TL-WN721N (ath9k_htc device with htc_9271.fw file from http://linuxwireless.org/download/htc_fw/1.3/htc_9271.fw ; needs powered USB Hub (B) | works OOTB with Wheezy Raspbian (2012-08-16) connected directly to raspberry pi (B) and AP functionality tested with hostapd.

RE: WiFi USB TL-WN721N does not work - parslej - 8th Mar, 2013 10:55 PM

Quote:TL-WN721N (ath9k_htc device with htc_9271.fw file from http://linuxwireless.org/download/htc_fw..._9271.fw); needs powered USB Hub (B) | works OOTB with Wheezy Raspbian (2012-08-16) connected directly to raspberry pi (B) and AP functionality tested with hostapd.

How to understand that? is that mean that it will work only with powered hub? or can work without it, conected directly to PI with Wheezy ?

Apologs but I'm not native English and not sure how to understand that (also I'm confused it is working with Raspbmc & OpenElec - not mentioned here...)

Thanks for helping!

RE: WiFi USB TL-WN721N does not work - Koenkk - 8th Mar, 2013 11:29 PM

That was meant for @CurlyMo, it is the firmware Wink

RE: WiFi USB TL-WN721N does not work - CurlyMo - 8th Mar, 2013 11:41 PM

Let him test with the firmware first.

RE: WiFi USB TL-WN721N does not work - parslej - 8th Mar, 2013 11:45 PM

Ok got this .fw file - what next should I do ?
(sorry if sound as ignorant but Linux is still back magic to me...)

RE: WiFi USB TL-WN721N does not work - Koenkk - 8th Mar, 2013 11:57 PM

SSH in and execute the following commands:

Code:

sudo su

apt-get install firmware-atheros -y

cd /lib/firmware

wget http://linuxwireless.org/download/htc_fw/1.3/htc_9271.fw

sudo depmod -a 

reboot

After the reboot try to setup the wireless dongle again.

RE: WiFi USB TL-WN721N does not work - parslej - 9th Mar, 2013 12:02 AM

Thanks!!! Will try this when back at home!