Pi-ratebox not working

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Pi-ratebox not working
July 23, 2013 05:30PM
Hey so i have my raspberry pi set up with [www.adafruit.com] and i used the default piratebox image it starts piratebox fine however no network is broadcast iw wlan0 says nl80211 not found Help???



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/23/2013 06:39PM by kenshen.
Re: Pi-ratebox not working
July 23, 2013 07:01PM
Hello,

it is likely an issue with setting the wifi dongle into AP mode (creating a wifi access point).
*Luckily*, at least in theory it is possible to make it work on the RPi!

http://blog.sip2serve.com/post/38010690418/raspberry-pi-access-point-using-rtl8192cu

This is a short guide someone made with a wifi dongle that uses the same RTl8192cu Chipset as your card.
Give it a try and please report back if you were successful.

Unfortunately people often have issues with getting the right wifi dongles that can support AP mode confused smiley
Re: Pi-ratebox not working
July 23, 2013 07:07PM
It Worked grinning smiley



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 07/23/2013 07:32PM by kenshen.
Re: Pi-ratebox not working
July 24, 2013 09:21AM
Congratulations!
I'm happy it worked smileys with beer