Wifi won't connect

[Fire69]

Hey,

I just received my Edimax-dongle (it was recommended by KoenKK).
Plugged it in and started xbian-config through Programs in XBMC (not via SSH) and all available wifi-networks are displayed.
When I select my SSID, I am asked to input my key. After I do that, I get 'Connecting wlan to <my ssid> and after about 10 seconds it shows me the list with available wifi-networks again. When I close the list without selecting a network, it tries to connect to the next network in the list, which obviously fails...
I can do this 2 or 3 times, after that Xbian crashes and I'm stuck at a black screen.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[CurlyMo]

First try it with xbian-config-shell through ssh.

[Fire69]

The reason I bought the wifi-dongle is because I don't have a network-connection (yet) for the RPi at my tv.
How can I SSH in then?
Isn't there a file I can edit manually directly on the SD?

[Koenkk]

You could hang the pi to your LAN network for a moment

[CurlyMo]

Just exit XBMC and login as xbian user.

[Fire69]

I can exit XBMC at the shutdown-menu and then I get to a login-prompt?
D'oh, I didn't know that!

[Fire69]

Ok, tried that, but apparently my wireless keyboard/mouse-combo is not compatible with the RPi (it's on the not-supported list ).
So just connected it straight to my router and connected to ssh like that.
To my surprise, my wifi-settings were already filled in, so there must be a litte bug in the xbmc-version of xbian-config or something.
After connecting everything again at the tv, wifi is working!

Thanks!

[Alastaire]

It is quite embarrassing when wifi won't connect your device, while settings are perfect. This doesn't make you satisfied but the better solution is to change the device.


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