Sunday, April 28, 2013

Raspberry pi WiFi : dongle and config


  • Buy this dongle from dealextreme. This dongle works out of the box with Raspbian “wheezy” and needs no additional drivers. The chip is the realtek 8188 chip and works perfectly with linux.
  • Edit /etc/networking/interfaces according to the gist below. Replace network name and password with your own:

Halt yor pi, remove any networking cables and restart. Congrats, your pi is wireless online!