RTL8192cu with PirateBox on Orange Pi PC using Armbian

Hey fellas, I need some help here. I've been spending the past couple of days trying to get my PirateBox working nicely with my ASUSTek USB N13, which uses a RTL8192cu driver.

First things first, I downloaded a driver from [github.com]. Once installed, I navigated into the directory and executed

make ARCH=arm
# Wait until finished
insmod 8192cu.ko

# After executing lsmod, these are the only notable lines
Module Size Used by
8192cu 446464 0
cfg80211 393216 2 mac80211,8192cu

Modifying /opt/piratebox/conf/hostapd.conf looks like this

interface=wlx1831bf54cf93 # I changed the interfaces on /opt/piratebox/conf/ to match this
driver=rtl871xdrv # I tested 8192cu, that didn't seem to work
ssid=PirateBox - Share Freely
# the rest i have left untouched

It's worth mentioning that I downloaded some hostapd from some adafruit link while following some tutorial, the tutorial is linked here: [forum.piratebox.cc]

My iwconfig reads this:

wlx1831bf54cf93 unassociated Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
                   Mode: Master  Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: CO:7C16:6E:48
                   Sensitivity:0/0
                   Retryff RTS thrff Fragment thrff
                   Encryption keyff
                   Power Managementff
                   Link Quality:0 Signal Level: 0 Noise Level:0
                   Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
                   Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

eth0
       No wireless extensions
lo
       No wireless extensions.

Also, its worth mentioning, but when I first start piratebox, since I can't connect to the piratebox network, I can't ssh into it. I'll try to provide as much details as possible, but it's pretty difficult typing every single console line out.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/05/2019 03:57AM by PirateBoxUser.