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My brand new raspi just arrived. I played around with raspbmc and did like it. Now I have an old D-Link DWL-122 Wifi stick flying around and I'd love to use it as the WIFI device.

So, is it possible to reuse it as wifi device at my raspi? What do I have to do to configure it

  • in raspbmc
  • in debian ?

Any hints appreciated!

BTW: lsusb says:

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 07d1:3c0f D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G122 Wireless Adapter (rev.E1) [Ralink RT2070]
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Could you add output from the following commands to your question? ifconfig iwconfig – recantha Feb 1 at 7:59
Ralink sounds promising. Have a look at what dmesg says about it. What "configuring it" means depends on what you want it to do (probably network access or access point and there should be guides for setting up both). – XTL Feb 1 at 8:53
Well, first problem is: how can I get a command line in raspbmc? – honestor Feb 1 at 10:54

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In Debian, there is a WiFi utility icon on the desktop and in the menu on the latest version. I don't know about Raspbmc. To get to it go to the menu > Internet > wpa_gui and select your device and then your network. I had to play around with the settings but it eventually connected. Then I did sudo apt-get install firmware-ralink for security and preformance enhancements (don't know if this is neccisary but it's a good idea.) Then I rebooted using sudo reboot and it worked perfectly.

Hope I helped .

P.S. I used a Reltek stack and changed the "Ralink" command to "Reltek" and it worked with no additonal drivers/firmware. You need the latest Debian from Raspberry Pi's website for this to work.

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