please choosego to mobile | Continue to access the PC version
View: 6922|Reply: 3

Use TP-Link TL-WN422G with OrangePI PC

[Copy link]

1

threads

3

posts

13

credits

Novice

Rank: 1

credits
13
Published in 2017-1-7 18:13:34 | Show all floors |Read mode
Hello,

I would like to use the WLAN Adapter TP-LINK TL-WN422G with my Orangepi PC.
Unfortunately the device does not show any "wlan0" network device.

It gets recognized by the board though.

  1. root@orangepi:~# lsusb
  2. Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0cf3:1006 Atheros Communications, Inc. TP-Link TL-WN322G v3 / TL-WN422G v2 802.11g [Atheros AR9271]
Copy code

But thats all. Any suggestions?


1

threads

3

posts

13

credits

Novice

Rank: 1

credits
13
 Author| Published in 2017-1-9 01:29:03 | Show all floors
No ideas? Is this the wrong category?

1

threads

64

posts

240

credits

Intermediate member

Rank: 3Rank: 3

credits
240
Published in 2017-1-9 16:34:12 | Show all floors
Try lshw utility - is shows more information from device tree.
Simply listing ifconfig will not show unconfigured wifi adapters - iwconfig might.
Anyway, you will need to configure it before using.

1

threads

3

posts

13

credits

Novice

Rank: 1

credits
13
 Author| Published in 2017-1-9 23:55:50 | Show all floors
Edited by georg2017 at 2017-1-9 23:56

I switched to http://armbian.com/

which works nice. I only need to figure out how to use the GPIO Pins.

I just configured the network in the
  1. /etc/network/interfaces
Copy code

file . see manual here: https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse

and entered
  1. ifup wlan0
Copy code

I had still problems getting the adapter up after running

  1. apt-get update
  2. apt-get upgrade
Copy code

Before it did this update it worked (which is strange). So I decided to try to install the atheros firmware (again) from

https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Atheros_AR9271

by entering

  1. apt-get install firmware-atheros
Copy code

then rebooted and it works now without any problems.

I will try this out on the original images eventually

You need to log in before you can reply login | Register

Points Rule

Quick reply Top Return list