OK, here's what I've tried/done. I was testing via eth0 ssh'ed from my desktop. I'd try something, my OPi would lock up, I'd have to pull the card, mount to my desktop, edit interfaces or what ever file I had tweeked and reboot - then I notices that last time and in interfaces I had wlan5 and now ifconfig shows wlan9 - no 5. I do something and reboot and now wlan2 @(*&@#$ So I moved to my TV in the family room - HDMI, booted up, no eth0. I can run" iwlist scan" and I see every WIFI card in the house, router 1, r2 (bridge in garage), 2 Rokus, my wife's tablet, the refer & microwave in the kitchen - (well maybe that last is a stretch) But with only the wifi dongle "Cell1" right essid, right chan(6) and tons of other info. So the dongle is working, it sees my router. I've tried dhcp and network restart - nada. I've tried static - nada. Is it my rtl8192cus and the module has a bug? Question to someone who has a Orange Pi PC with wireless working - what dongle are you using?
Thanks
PS ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan6: link is not ready