Thursday, February 27, 2014

Raspberry Pi - Edimax WiFi configuration

Raspberry Pi/Raspbian has excellent support for the Edimax EW-7811UN USB WiFi adapter.

The only file you need to edit is at /etc/network/interfaces by adding the following configuration:
allow-hotplug wlan0
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid <SID e.g. VirginMedia123456>
wpa-psk <passcode e.g. abcd1234>

However, it's never that simple! If your router reboots and although I'd expect it to, the Pi doesn't auto-connect.
The solution? Luckily someone has already thought of it. WiFi_Check is a simple bash script that will restart the WiFi adapter until the connection is re-established.

No comments:

Post a Comment