wraggster
June 17th, 2012, 15:13
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For those of us who haven’t received their Raspberry Pis yet, it may come as a bit of a shock to realize the RasPi doesn’t have an on board WiFi adapter. While the Model B RasPi has an RJ45 Ethernet plug, but the Model A must rely on USB-bound networking dongles. [Mike] over at Mitch Tech put up a great guide to using a Realtek WiFi dongle with his Raspberry Pi (http://mitchtech.net/realtek-wireless-dongle-rt3070-on-the-raspberry-pi/).
Stock, the standard Debian install recommended by the folks at Raspberry Pi (http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads) has the drivers for the Realtek WiFi adapter, but no firmware. [Mike] goes over how to get the firmware for this series of WiFi adapters to keep the kernel from complaining. Interestingly, [Mike]‘s instructions also work for a slew of Realtek-based wireless dongles, so the installation instructions should work for a bunch of adapters available from DealExtreme or eBay.
[Mike] also has a guide for installing Quake 3 on a RasPi (http://mitchtech.net/install-quake-3-on-raspberry-pi/). Combine these two builds and you’ve got the perfect setup for a Raspberry Pi LAN party. Anyone want to host?
http://hackaday.com/2012/06/15/adding-wireless-to-the-raspberry-pi/
For those of us who haven’t received their Raspberry Pis yet, it may come as a bit of a shock to realize the RasPi doesn’t have an on board WiFi adapter. While the Model B RasPi has an RJ45 Ethernet plug, but the Model A must rely on USB-bound networking dongles. [Mike] over at Mitch Tech put up a great guide to using a Realtek WiFi dongle with his Raspberry Pi (http://mitchtech.net/realtek-wireless-dongle-rt3070-on-the-raspberry-pi/).
Stock, the standard Debian install recommended by the folks at Raspberry Pi (http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads) has the drivers for the Realtek WiFi adapter, but no firmware. [Mike] goes over how to get the firmware for this series of WiFi adapters to keep the kernel from complaining. Interestingly, [Mike]‘s instructions also work for a slew of Realtek-based wireless dongles, so the installation instructions should work for a bunch of adapters available from DealExtreme or eBay.
[Mike] also has a guide for installing Quake 3 on a RasPi (http://mitchtech.net/install-quake-3-on-raspberry-pi/). Combine these two builds and you’ve got the perfect setup for a Raspberry Pi LAN party. Anyone want to host?
http://hackaday.com/2012/06/15/adding-wireless-to-the-raspberry-pi/