WiFi setup

NOTE: This page will be getting rewritten soon.

For now, the easiest way to configure WIFI is by pressing the F12 button for the MiSTer menu, go to the scripts folder and run the WIFI script. Better instructions coming soon!!

Starting from Release 20180115 MiSTer supports some WiFi USB modules.

Enable WiFi connection

• locate the file linux/_wpa_supplicant.conf (example: /media/fat/linux/_wpa_supplicant.conf)
• open in text editor supporting Linux/Unix line endings (for example Notepad++)
• replace put_your_SSID_here with your actual WiFi network name and put_your_password_here with your WiFi password.
• sometimes you need to change the country code from TW to yours.
• rename _wpa_supplicant.conf to wpa_supplicant.conf
• reboot the MiSTer

In Menu core you will see WiFi icon when WiFi is connected.

WiFi USB dongles Confirmed to work (running command "lsusb" on linux will show if USB ID matches)

• ASUS USB AC53 nano rev A1.
• CanaKit USB WiFi dongle - Works out of box (USB ID: 148f:5370, driver: rt2800usb, firmware: rt2870.bin)
• Comfast CF-812AC (USB ID 0bda:b812, 5GHz capable, works out of the box)
• D-Link DWA-171 HWVer: A1. (NOTE! D-Link DWA-171 HWVer: C1 / USB ID 0bda:1a2b does NOT work out of the box)
• Edimax EW-7612UAn V2
• Edimax EW-7811UN (USB ID 7392:7811)
• Edimax EW-7822ULC (USB ID 7392:b822, 5ghz capable)
• Netgear A6100 (USB ID 0846:9052, 5GHz capable, works out of the box, driver: rtl8821au)
• Netgear A6150 (USB ID 0846:9055, driver: rtl88x2bu)
• TP-LINK TL-WN823N V2 (needs copy rtl8192eu_nic.bin to /lib/firmware/rtlwifi)

Some WiFi firmwares can be found here: https://github.com/wkennington/linux-firmware

Compiling and installing custom WiFi drivers

Instructions for rtl8188fu based adapters (like the Zapo RTL8188 USB stick) can be read here:

MiSTer custom WiFi driver compilation

Steps can be adapted for other WiFi adapters.

Troubleshooting

If you are having trouble with staying reliably connected to your WiFi, try separating the SSID's for your 2.4GHz and your 5GHz connections on your Router's firmware configuration. This should help solve the problem. If not, it is possible there is something wrong with your WiFi adapter, or it is not fully supported by the current build of Linux for the MiSTer project.