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8th Feb, 2013, 10:49 AM
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RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup
I had a similar problem. The new xbian-config didn't work it out completely on its own. But I was able to solve this by using a micro-USB power adapter instead of drawing power from a USB port from my plasma TV. Seems that power draw in addition to using the new xbian-config are required in some circumstances. Hope that helps someone else in this same conundrum.
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24th Feb, 2013, 09:37 PM
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(6th Feb, 2013 04:29 AM)BartOtten Wrote:  Glad it is easier to set the network using the new xbian-config. Curlymo and Belese work -very- hard for this feature of XBian! Please hit the Thanks link for both of them Big Grin
how do you do then config file thing cause i need to know please if thats possible
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24th Feb, 2013, 10:15 PM
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Inside XBMC > Settings > XBian
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25th Feb, 2013, 02:48 AM
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RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup
I´ve got the same dongle but i'm not able to make ift work properly. it connects, but i continuosly get TX excessive retries and the speed is really slow.

I compiled the RT5370STA driver instead of RT2800usb in Raspbian and it works like a charm.

I found it here: https://github.com/alangomes/rt5370sta and it includes changes needed for my dongle ('HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y' and 'HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y')

I tried the complided file rt5370sta.ko with no success

Any way to compile the module for Xbian?

Thanks in advance
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25th Feb, 2013, 04:47 AM
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Can you provide me with the compile instruction?

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25th Feb, 2013, 06:59 AM
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RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup
im having same problem with wifi dongle. i was on 1.0 alpha 4 and my wifi dongle was working great. i did a update to alpha 5 and cant pick up wifi. i also did a fresh install and still nothing. i tried going in xbian setting and changing eth0 to wifi. i get a message saying its searching but comes back doing nothing. anyone help?
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25th Feb, 2013, 06:01 PM
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(25th Feb, 2013 04:47 AM)CurlyMo Wrote:  Can you provide me with the compile instruction?

What I did was (in Raspbian):
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/alangomes/rt5370sta
cd rt5370sta
sudo make clean
sudo make
sudo make install

after that:
modprobe -r rt2800usb
modprobe rt5370sta

and it worked! --> excellent conexion

In Xbian, I put the files I had in Raspbian:
/etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat and
/lib/modules/`uname -r´/kernel/drivers/net/rt5370sta.ko
once copied:
depmod
modprobe -r rt2800usb
modprobe rt5370sta --> INVALID EXEC FILE

I think that is because of the kernel version, but i think that have the lastest in both Raspbian and Xbian (3.6.11+)

Thanks a lot for you answer
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25th Feb, 2013, 07:33 PM
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Then is seems like this driver isn't compatible with the latest kernel. I tried to compile it against our latest kernel source but i got the same error.

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25th Feb, 2013, 07:39 PM
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RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup
(25th Feb, 2013 07:33 PM)CurlyMo Wrote:  Then is seems like this driver isn't compatible with the latest kernel. I tried to compile it against our latest kernel source but i got the same error.

OK then

Thanks a lot
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26th Feb, 2013, 06:09 AM
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Here you go:
https://github.com/xbianonpi/xbian/tree/xbian-beta1/lib/modules/3.6.11%2B/kernel/drivers/net/wireless

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26th Feb, 2013, 11:14 AM
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RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup
can anyone help
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26th Feb, 2013, 07:06 PM
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RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup
Can you do:
Code:
ifconfig

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27th Feb, 2013, 06:49 AM
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(26th Feb, 2013 06:09 AM)CurlyMo Wrote:  Here you go:
https://github.com/xbianonpi/xbian/tree/xbian-beta1/lib/modules/3.6.11%2B/kernel/drivers/net/wireless

Hi,

I downloaded the file rt5370sta.ko,
copied it to /lib/modules/3.6.11+/kernel/drivers/net/wireles/

sudo depmod

and I got: ERROR: failed to load symbols from /lib/modules/3.6.11+/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt5370sta.ko: Exec format error

Maybe I´m doing something wrong...


Thanks again for your quick answer
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27th Feb, 2013, 06:51 AM
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You should download the whole /lib/modules/3.6.11+ folder and the /boot/kernel.img file.

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27th Feb, 2013, 07:08 AM
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(27th Feb, 2013 06:51 AM)CurlyMo Wrote:  You should download the whole /lib/modules/3.6.11+ folder and the /boot/kernel.img file.

Sorry, but not sure how to download the whole folder...

I´ve already copied the kernel.img file, tried the driver and it works!

Edit: Finally i could copy the whole folder. Tried and... YES!!!

Now I have a perfect wireless connection!

Thank you very much. This issue was driving me crazy

Hope this helps someone else
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