Atheros based dongles have always worked for me. Using one right now for a demo...
Realtek based dongles, I have spent way too much time/days frustrated over these... The tp link and netgear atheros dongles work great! Put the RTL in the trash! On Jul 8, 2014 8:13 AM, "Robert Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 9:37 AM, PaulM <[email protected]> wrote: > > I too am in the same situation. I have spent countless hours trying to > > configure WiFi on, not one, but two BBB - a rev B and a rev C. I have > also > > tried 3 different Linux distros - Ubuntu, Angstrom, and Debian; 3 > different > > WiFi adapters (same chipset, but different manufactureres - all to no > avail. > > > > As a reference point, I was able to get WiFi running on 2 Raspberry Pis > in > > less than 10 minutes from boot up. > > I always enjoy useless complaints.. > > chipset? > It's one of those small fit in usb wifi devices, it'll have issues > with the board's ground plane. So get a small 3 inch usb extension > cable. > > kernel version? uname -r > > Did you even try the latest kernel? > > cd /opt/scripts/tools/ > git pull > sudo ./update_kernel.sh > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > http://www.rcn-ee.com/ > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
