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echo: rberrypi
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from: ZOT
date: 2019-08-27 10:02:00
subject: Re: problems creating wla

Le 20/08/2019 11:02, ZOT a écrit :
> On a new installation on a old raspberry (the very first version)
> There is no wlan device, even after inserting a usb wifi device.
> Ifconfig shows only eth0 en lo.
> How to create the device?
> Shouldn't it created automatically when the device is inserted?
> Many thanks in advances
>
what really helped is
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

and:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

i2c-dev
rtl8192cu
rtl_usb
rtl8192c_common
rtlwifi
mac80211

--

root@raspi:~# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=BE

network={
 ssid="SSID"
 psk="PASS"
 key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}

network={
 ssid="SSID"
psk=.... generated
}

many thanks to all.



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