[urbantigerau]

Hi

I have what is described as the "official" WiFi USB dongle from element 14. By following the instructions I have this device working in converntional Raspberry PI mode connecting reliably to my hidden SSID WPA2 PSK wireless network. I therefore thought it should be easy to make it function under XBMC on the Pi.

I have used dmesg to exctract the start up log or at least part of it. The following appears in the startup log:

usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=9512
usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-1:1.0: 3 ports detected
usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using dwc_otg
usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=ec00
usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
smsc95xx v1.0.4
smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0: eth0: register 'smsc95xx' at usb-bcm2708_usb-1.1, smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet, b8:27:eb:f6:2a:49
usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg
usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=5370
usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 1-1.2: Product: 802.11 n WLAN
usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Ralink
usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 1.0usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 5 using dwc_otg
usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=05e3, idProduct=0608
usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
usb 1-1.3: Product: USB2.0 Hub


In particular these lines:
usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg
usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=5370
usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 1-1.2: Product: 802.11 n WLAN
usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Ralink
usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 1.0

Lines simlar to this appear in the Raspberry Pi startup.These lead me to believe that the system is recognising the Wlan USB device

My /etc/network interface file is copied from the the working Pi implementation and contains:

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
iface default inet dhcp

my etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf file contains:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
network={
ssid="My SSID" This is not the correct data. If hidden why publish it? It is correct in the file
scan_ssid=1
psk=my 64 byte key and yes it is correct in the file but not a good idea to publish it
proto=RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP
auth_alg=open
}

The little blue light on the WiPi dongle remains firmly off and I am WiFiless under XBMC.

What am I doing wring wrong? I will happliy supply further information but please don't assume I know how to get it. I have a gone long way to get this far on my own research having learnt a few basic linux commands and how to drive nano. But I cannot see what is wrong. Any assistance appreciated.

Regards,
Fred.

[danmedhurst]

What distro are you using?

OpenElec has its own network / wifi settings once in XBMC, have you looked to see if Raspbmc (or your distro) has the same under either System or Programs?