Raspberry Pi 3 and built in Wifi - Boot Issue

Hi All,

I am a newbie to Raspberry Pi . I have Pirate box installed on Tp Link 3020 and it works like a charm. I have bought a Raspberry Pi 3 to try out the same. In the DIY USB Wi-Fi Adapter is added in "Stuff you will need". But Raspi 3 has an inbuilt already. Do I still have to buy a new external Wifi Adapter ?? .

I just went along with the installation without an external Wifi Adapter but Raspi dint boot.. I thought I have got a defective product. But i am able to boot NOOBS and do everything.

Could somebody please let me know how do i do it for Raspi 3 ?

Hoping for a quick response.

Regards,
Imran

Hello,

the DIY mentions a USB adapter for Wi-Fi as the RPi 1 for example didn't have an on-board adapter. I do not have an RPi3, but after a quick search I think the BCM43438 chip can operate in AP mode and therefore should work.

Installation therefore should be as described, using the image for the RPi3. Did you follow the guide step-by-step?A common issue is that a step gets left out by mistake and works in most cases for the second try.

If you have tried again and it still doesn't work, please report back. Also, giving additional information might help troubleshooting.

Ubuntuhak, playing and tinkering with Ubuntu!

Hi Nargren,

Sorry for my late reply . There was some issue with the image that i had downloaded. After cribbing over it i decided to freshly download an image and tried running on it and it worked !!! Viola !!

Thanks for your response