WLAN adapter Edimax EW-7811UN on NanoPi Neo

[walt22]

Hi,

I try without success to attach the a.m. adapter to my NanoPi Neo.
OS is Armbian_5.25_Nanopineo_Ubuntu_xenial_default_3.4.113

I did two trials in order to install the driver:
1. Download the Edimax driver und run the install.sh script.
   Result: Error in the processing of the make file.
2. Followed an comprehensive advice from the net.
   Result: Error in kernel generation.
Question: Has somebody got this device running on the Neo?
And how you have performed this?

 

Please consider, I am just a Linux user, but (unfortenately) no expert.

Any hints are very welcome.
Thanks, Walter  

[Igor]

Without logs, it is extremely hard to assist. Type:

 

armbianmonitor -u

Add: rather get one of tested. It might be cheaper, scroll down.

[walt22]

Hello Igor,

Many thanks for your quick reaction and your support.
My hope has been, that someone had already installed that driver successfully.

 

But let's try the hard dubugging way. In the following, you will find my session
with a call of armbianmonitor at the beginning and end.

 

walter@nanopineo:~/wlan3$ pwd
/home/walter/wlan3
walter@nanopineo:~/wlan3$ ls -l
total 8
drwxrwxr-x 2 walter walter 4096 Oct 12 08:26 driver
-rwxr-xr-x 1 walter walter 3106 Oct 12 08:26 install.sh

walter@nanopineo:~/wlan3$ sudo armbianmonitor -u
/var/log/armhwinfo.log has been uploaded to http://sprunge.us/BURf
Please post the URL in the Armbian forum where you've been asked for.
walter@nanopineo:~/wlan3$ sudo ./install.sh
##################################################
Realtek Wi-Fi driver Auto installation script
Novembor, 21 2011 v1.1.0
##################################################
Decompress the driver source tar ball:
        rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911.tar.gz
rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/
rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/runwpa
        ...lot of output
cd os_dep/linux ; rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko
cd os_dep ; rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko
Authentication requested [root] for make driver:
make ARCH=armv7l CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/3.4.113-sun8i/build M=/home/walter/wlan3/driver/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911  modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.113-sun8i'
Makefile:568: /usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.113-sun8i/arch/armv7l/Makefile: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.113-sun8i/arch/armv7l/Makefile'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.113-sun8i'
Makefile:584: recipe for target 'modules' failed
make: *** [modules] Error 2
##################################################
Compile make driver error: 2
Please check error Mesg
##################################################
walter@nanopineo:~/wlan3$ sudo armbianmonitor -u
/var/log/armhwinfo.log has been uploaded to http://sprunge.us/JbKS
Please post the URL in the Armbian forum where you've been asked for.

 

walter@nanopineo:~/wlan3$ nmcli dev
DEVICE  TYPE      STATE      CONNECTION
eth0    ethernet  unmanaged  --
lo      loopback  unmanaged  --
walter@nanopineo:~/wlan3$

 

Please have look, hopefully you are able to see the reason for the error.
Best regards, Walter

 

[Igor]

Try to type this before starting a script:

export ARCH=arm

or rather try this driver / proven method instead: https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Advanced-Features/#how-to-build-a-wireless-driver

 

Add: or simply download the latest modern kernel image and it will most likely work out of the box. https://dl.armbian.com/nanopineo/Ubuntu_xenial_next_nightly.7z

 

[walt22]

Hello Igor,

 

Thanks for your reply.

I have tried all three methods with no success.

 

Now I have ordered new WLAN adapters, which are validated for NanoPi Neo.

After they arrive, I will let you know wether they do work.

In the meanwhile, I will work with NanoPi Duo and the embedded WLAN on this device with Friedly works well.

Must have a look, wether Armbian does support this device either.

 

Best regards

Walter

[walt22]

I have installed the USB wifi adapter with RTL8188 on NP Neo.

Runs perfectly!

 

Many thanks developer - great job!!!

Walter