How to install/enable WiFi dongle with pre installed Android

[Mani Robots]

Hi,
I have a following wifi dongle and i want to enable/install on the pre installed NAND android. Please let me know how to do it.
http://www.dlink.com/us/en/home-solutions/connect/adapters/dwa-131-wireless-n-nano-usb-adapter

Thanks,
Mani

[Mani Robots]

Any response. I want to connect with wifi.

Is this a correct section to post this question?

[Simos Xenitellis]

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Mani Robots <robot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Any response. I want to connect with wifi.
>
> Is this a correct section to post this question?
>

The way it works with the Linux kernel is that if the device is
supported in the Linux kernel, then it should work with Android.
Android does not come with a single Linux kernel version, and in
addition, it is possible to switch between kernel versions and
drivers.
Therefore, for your case, it is an issue to figure out which USB ID
your WiFi dongle has.
And also whether it requires special firmware to work.

Once you have shell access to your runnind Android image, connect the
WiFi dongle.
And with 'dmesg', you can see whether the dongle was detected or not,
whether a suitable driver has been found or not, and whether there is
need for special firmware.

If you give your USB ID for the WiFi dongle, then someone may provide an answer.
Since it apparently does not work, you need to delve deeper, and it
required, change the Linux kernel.

Simos

> On Monday, February 4, 2013 12:20:53 PM UTC+5:30, Mani Robots wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I have a following wifi dongle and i want to enable/install on the pre
>> installed NAND android. Please let me know how to do it.
>>
>> http://www.dlink.com/us/en/home-solutions/connect/adapters/dwa-131-wireless-n-nano-usb-adapter
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mani
>

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[tonebank]

It's only plug and play. Works out of the box. Insert wifi adapter go to settings enable wifi and connect to your network. I had some problem with wpa2 personal and aes. When I changed to wpa it worked flawless.

[Mani Robots]

How to get the shell access and how to run the "dmesg". Please guide me....

[Mani Robots]

Thanks simos... Got the shell access. after running dmesg got the below id

usb 3-1: new high speed USB device number 3 using sw-ehci
init: waitpid returned pid 3417 exited

is this the USB ID?

[Simos Xenitellis]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Mani Robots <robot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks simos... Got the shell access. after running dmesg got the below id
>
> usb 3-1: new high speed USB device number 3 using sw-ehci
> init: waitpid returned pid 3417 exited
>
> is this the USB ID?
>

No, it is not the USB ID.
The USB ID is of the form xxxx:yyyy.

It is highly unlikely that the Android image has additional, not
required, WiFi drivers.
From the above message I understand that the new device was detected,
but no driver (kernel module) was available to get loaded.

The question should probably be: How can I change the Android kernel
with one that has your specific WiFi kernel module?
To narrow down which kernel module you need, you can connect the WiFi
device to your Linux box, and see what kernel module gets loaded.

Simos