Mecool K3 Pro - WIFI not working

[queeks]

Hi,

 

can you somebody tell me how to get the WIFI working on my box?

build: Armbian_23.11.1_Aml-s9xx-box_jammy_current_6.1.63_xfce_desktop.img.xz

boxname: Mecool KIII Pro

SoC: s912

Ram: 3GB

 

I have also tried with WL-167g USB WLAN adapter but without proper driver no succes.

I am also not able to install driver ralink because of conflicts and possible dependencie issues. I also have no ethernet since I am using Huawei WIFI LTE Dongle Modem for all my devices and I have no ethernet adapter to plug it into my box.

 

So I have 2 options, either use built-in WIFI chip or WL-167g USB WLAN adapter.

 

I have tried using an unoffical build where the driver was automatically installed, but that was an older kernel 5.15 and it was not an official build as well.

 

Maybe I should just find an official build with old kernel 5.15 but in archive there is only the latest kernel to download.

Is it possible to downgrade the kernel from the lastest official build. If so please be so kind and give instructions.

 

BTW: I am also willing to contribute by updating a quick documentation for AMLOGIC boxes. Here is what I have so far.

faq.html

[SteeMan]

A couple of comments:

 

First don't expect wifi to ever work:

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first/#comment-118794

 

Second you mention a wifi dongle not working.  Have you installed armbian-firmware-full?  By default the Armbian builds only include a limited set of firmwares out of the box.

[queeks]

Thanks for the quick reply and no I have not installed the armbian-firmware-full. That would be really cool if I can at least make the wifi dongle work with it.

$ lsusb

AUSUTek Computer, Inc. WL-167G v2 802.11g Adapter [Ralink RT2571W]

 

I will try to manually (with USB stick) install the full firmware packages from here:

dpkg --install armbian-firmware-full_23.11.1_all__1-SA516e-SMaae6-B90f5-R448a.deb

 

Edited December 11, 2023 by queeks

[Alexander Buzin]

I have exactly this dongle:

 

al@orangepi3b:~$ sudo dmesg
...
[120172.381464] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-platform
[120172.677528] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0b05, idProduct=1723, bcdDevice= 0.01
[120172.677591] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[120172.677620] usb 3-1: Product: 802.11 bg WLAN
[120172.677642] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Ralink
[120172.817482] usb 3-1: reset high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-platform
[120173.308501] ieee80211 phy3: rt2x00_set_chip: Info - Chipset detected - rt: 2573, rf: 0002, rev: 000a
[120173.310135] ieee80211 phy3: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[120173.401680] rt73usb 3-1:1.0 wlx485b3918f06d: renamed from wlan1
[120173.498757] ieee80211 phy3: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt73.bin'
[120173.498981] ieee80211 phy3: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version: 1.7

 

al@orangepi3b:~$ lsusb
...
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0b05:1723 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. WL-167G v2 802.11g Adapter [Ralink RT2571W]

 

So, you need to put file rt73.bin in /lib/firmware

you might get it in linux-firmware or just using google search.

Good luck :;

[queeks]

USB WIFI adapter works now.

build: Armbian_23.11.1_Aml-s9xx-box_jammy_current_6.1.63_xfce_desktop.img.xz

firmware package: armbian-firmware-full_21.08.6_all.deb

 

I have tried

• armbian-firmware-full_22.11.4_all.deb
• armbian-firmware-full_23.02.2_all.deb
• armbian-firmware-full_23.11.1_all__1-SA516e-SMaae6-B90f5-R448a.deb

and all of them gave error while extracting

 

armbian-firmware-full_21.08.6_all.deb is working like a charm, a nice workaround if you need internet on your box.

 

Maybe I should add this often asked question to my faq.html: "How to fix driver for USB WIFI adapter?"

Edited December 11, 2023 by queeks

[queeks]

It works perfectly with xfce desktop but not with ubuntu CLI server

I am going to try debian CLI (server variant without desktop environment) and check if that works after installing the full firmware.

 

UPDATE: debian works without full firmware update. I just copied rt73.bin to /lib/firmware. Thanks to @Alexander Buzin

Edited December 13, 2023 by queeks