On 19/03/18 15:08, Jan Panteltje wrote:
> On a sunny day (Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:46:04 +0000) it happened RobH
>  wrote in :
>
>> I use ifconfig to find the devices ip addresses, but when the Pi3 is not
>> hardwired, wifi does not work, and even typing the ip address in a web
>> browser fails.
>
> Yes, maybe my approach is different
> I usually ssh -Y PI_IP_ADDRESS from a PC on the LAN (wired),
> and can then do anything I like with the pi and its WiFi.
> Then it is easy to check if the dongle (or on board Wifi) is working or not.
> Or connect it to a keyboard an HDMI monitor, same thing.
>
> So if you, using wired connection,  ssh to it from some PC, then what does
wlconfig show?
>
> panteltje12: ~# ssh -Y pi@192.168.178.73
> pi@192.168.178.73's password:
> Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
> Linux raspberrypi 3.6.11+ #371 PREEMPT Thu Feb 7 16:31:35 GMT 2013 armv6l
> Last login: Sat Mar 17 20:44:19 2018 from panteltje12
> root@raspberrypi:~# iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
>
> root@raspberrypi:~# uptime
>   16:05:50 up 5 days,  8:55, 10 users,  load average: 2.97, 2.93, 2.84
>
> its easy
> mm 2013, been a long time, thing is on 24/7
> Reliable things those raspberries.
>
>

wlconfig doesn't show anything:

root@runeaudio(rw):~# wlconfig
-bash: wlconfig: command not found
root@runeaudio(rw):~#


As I have said in other posts on this subject, RuneAudio is an image
which is written to a 4gb micro sd card, and there is nothing else on it
at all.

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