On 19/03/18 17:58, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 19/03/18 16:12, RobH wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>>
> Try 'iwconfig' instead.
>
> If its not installed hook up some ethernet, get an internet comnnection
> that way and install it.
>
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As per my post above , wifi is now working ok

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