I have an Edimax EW-7811UN WiFi dongle and I want to use it to connect to my WiFi on Arch Linux 3.10.18-1-ARCH+ (taken from the login prompt, not sure if that's correct. I'm new to Arch). I went with Arch because it is supposed to be lighter. If Raspbian would be a better choice for running a very small Bukkit server, please let me know, as that's my current project that I'm doing for the kicks.
I would like to do most of my work on the Pi over SSH , as the screen I have really sucks and everything is really tiny and I have to sit way hunched over to use the Pi.
However, I can't download updates or the stuff needed to run the server. I have been googling around and everything I see says I have to use pacman
, but that is out of the question, as I have no access short of the WiFi adapter (I can't get the Pi close enough for ethernet to the router.)
I have looked at this question and this thread, which tells me to run dmesg -v | grep usbcore
which returns a bunch of stuff, and the response closest to the one the thread says to look for, is rt18192cm
. However, searching that in Arch AUR doesn't return anything.
This thread looked like it would work, but the top link is dead!
What should I be looking for? I am comfortable with compiling software, if need be, and I have a USB hub, so I can transfer files to the Pi that way. Where can I find the driver necessary to run this dongle and how should I install it?