why2 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Hi, I would like to use my usb wifi adapter from my old Raspi 3. `lsusb` shows: `Bus 007 Device 002: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter` `ip a` shows: ``` 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 76:ac:9a:1c:50:76 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.18.213/24 brd 192.168.18.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute eth0 valid_lft 1953sec preferred_lft 1953sec inet6 fe80::4450:f4d8:e15a:12c/64 scope link noprefixroute valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever ``` and `lsmod` shows: ``` Module Size Used by bnep 24576 2 zstd 16384 8 sch_fq_codel 20480 3 fuse 110592 1 ip_tables 28672 0 ipv6 434176 82 panfrost 57344 0 gpu_sched 28672 1 panfrost ``` 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 https://linux-hardware.org/?id=usb:148f-5370 check if modules are present in kernel config. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony3 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 And if not in kernel, simply compile one as a module 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gullik Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 1. Armbian does not modprobe rt2800usb, but I had to add it to /etc/modules 2. No wlan0 interface is created, even though the module is loaded. 3. What is required to get armbian to create wlan0? /home/webjorn/orangepi_5/Armbian_23.5.1_Orangepi5_jammy_legacy_5.10.160_gnome_desktop.img orange pi 5 4Gb Gullik 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 56 minutes ago, Gullik said: 1. Armbian does not modprobe rt2800usb, but I had to add it to /etc/modules 2. No wlan0 interface is created, even though the module is loaded. 3. What is required to get armbian to create wlan0? HW features are kernel related and here (Rockchip RK3588) there is no other option but to use this prehistoric kernel 5.10.y where HW functions works well, while general functions like support for 3rd party USB does not. Armbian never supported what users are plugging to the board via USB/I2C and other connetions since supporting boards is already excessive expensive / technically difficult and 99% of users doesn't care that developers also need to consume food. By quick check on kernel config it seems it might help to enable others: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/kernel/linux-rockchip-rk3588-legacy.config#L2817-L2823 but its also possible that ID of your USB is not in the driver table. This can be workarounded / hacked - Google! Forcing id is the same on all Linux distros. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gullik Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Ok, however the rt2800usb is on the distribution. I understand this to be that I need to recompile the kernel, after enabling the missing h/w defs. CONFIG_RT2800USB_RT53XX=y Could the suspicion that it would work be correct? (if noone changed wifi to be incompatible with legacy hw) Is there anyone using usb wifi on the Orange PI 5 and if this is the case, what chipset/make? I take it that the builtin wifi on the 5B works... Regards, Gullik 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gullik Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 In the latest Armbian_23.11.0-trunk.114_Orangepi5_jammy_edge_6.6.0-rc1_xfce_desktop RT5370 works out of the box. Regards, G 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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