Orange Pi Zero - WiFi Dongle

[jdugat]

I've tried the EDIMax (EW-7811u) on my Orange Pi Zero.  I was wondering if there is a another adapter I should be looking at or is there a working driver for the RTL8188CUS?

 

Below is what lsusb gave me for this device.

 

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 7392:7811 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7811Un 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]
 

Uname Info is as follows:

 

Linux OrangePI 3.4.39 #2 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 21 16:23:11 CST 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux

 

Uname Info is as follows:

Linux orangepizero 3.4.113-sun8i #16 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 13 14:15:57 CEST 2017 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux


ifconfig -a info:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr be:21:a8:e9:0d:bc
          inet addr:192.168.1.174  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::bc21:a8ff:fee9:dbc/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2320 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:731 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:166786 (166.7 KB)  TX bytes:95062 (95.0 KB)
          Interrupt:114
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr dc:44:6d:f5:cf:0d
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wlx74da383b0bcf Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 74:da:38:3b:0b:cf
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Dmitry_]

@jdugat RTL8188CUS works on 3.4.113 with a fixed driver. Look in this thread

 

[jdugat]

Dmitry,

 

Thanks for your post replacing "extern __inline" with "static __inline" in the include file include/ieee80211.h allowed me to get the 8192cu fixes driver installed. However, now that the driver is installed, wlan0 has disappeared and the wlx74da383b0bcf interface name remains. If I find anything else out on how to get a wifi dongle to work in the Orange Pi Zero with the wlan0, I will post updates here.