Download Driver Wireless N Nano Usb Adapter Dwa-131
Su Strawderman
This is actually the newer hardware revision of the DWA 131 nano adapter and the funny story is that when i bought it the guy in the shop actually offered me the older model (img: below) opposed to the newer one and he said that there are some compatibility issues with the newer revision.
Well, little did i know that this nano wifi adapter is NOT plug and play even on Windows 8. Initially, my plan was to use this adapter on my desktop because it is a 300N adapter opposed to my older 150N D-Link adapter. But, with some tough luck, i was facing some technical issues with the adapter on Windows even after installing the drivers through the included disk.
For a few days, i was happily using SSH through Wi-Fi with my D-Link DWA 125 adapter but today i was getting fed up that the old adapter was taking was blocking one of my USB ports and it was also a little obtrusive (for the eyes). So, i turned to my friend Google again to search for answers and surprisingly i found this forum which linked to the forum which had my answer.
Apparently, only the original D-Link DWA 131 (the more rounded looking one) works out of the box with Raspbian without any drivers and that the new adapter works on Raspbian but requires a dedicated driver
Do note that you will need an active internet connection as this command is basically just downloading the drivers from the cloud. You should see a new file in your file explorer if everything goes well. If you get a 404 Error, do check if you have mistyped the build and kernel numbers
this is how your terminal window should look like if everything is successful. A quick reboot and your D-Link DWA 131 should be recognized within Rasbpian and if you have not configured Wi-Fi yet, you can do so via the wpa_gui program or you can follow on this tutorial to connect Wi-Fi on Rasbpian.
Hello, I have checked back with my Pi 2 running the latest Debian Jessie. The link is working and the installation is a success. Make sure you double check you kernel and build number, a little difference will affect the whole installation process.
Hi, I've been trying so long to convert a raspberry pi 4 into a travel VPN router. I successfully installed OpentWRT and configured the internet access through the builtin Wi-Fi. I tried to add another usb wifi adapter to create an access point for the connected network. But, I tried three different wireless adapter but it doesn't seems to recognise any. Currently I am holding the Dlink DWA-131 adapter and still the same result. I tried
'opkg install kmod-rtl8192cu'
and
'modprobe rtl8192cu'
..
The process was completed and ' dmesg grep rtl8192cu' gave me this output:
'[ 8.043116] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu'
You will probably have better luck if you reverse the usage for the two adapters, but the built-in antenna of the Pi is useless. Should at least work tough, assuming you can get the RTL to work, at all.
Have a look at -WiFi
For academical purposes only...
Make sure you have installed all 3: rtl8192cu-firmware kmod-rtl8192cu kmod-rtl8192c-common
Disconnect your adapter. Run logread -f and plug your adapter in. Post the log generated.
Hi, thank you for the advice. I managed to make it work by using RaspAP. The timeline was on my neck and I had to find quick solution. But I'll definitely try to redo this after completing the project. Thank you for the advice guys.
I had been using a Netgear USB WiFi adapter. It required no driver installation or anything. It stopped working two days back, probably because it is too old now.
I unboxed my wifi dongle which I purchased as a backup - a D-Link DWA 131 USB adapter. And it is not working.
A question on fedora forum, relating to the same wifi dongle is here: -adaptor-dl-dwa-131-seems-working-but-cannot-connect/3222/3
A user on the forum suggest installing the driver from -linux-driver I wanted to proceed but I have never compiled an application from source before so I stopped.
Finally, I have booted in windows, and am typing this post. Probably the GitHub link I posted may be the right driver, but I am too dumb with source files and stuff. Maybe a user here can help me get my wifi dongle working. Thanks!
Rebooted. Wifi still cannot connect.
A side question, how do i verify my chipset model? I found out mine from the net, but is there a way to know it y running some command on my pc, so that i can be sure about it.