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I'm pulling my hair out with this problem. All I want to do is connect my raspberry pi to the internet via WiFi.

I have model B pi, and I have a dynamode WL-700N-RXS. I have raspbmc installed and I have inserted the dynamode.

Using rasbmc settings, I have played about with all of the possible network configuration options in an attempt to get 'Scan Networks' to at least reveal the existing wireless networks in this house but with no luck.

Where have I gone wrong? Am I expecting too much to plug it in and scan straight away? Should there be configuration steps using a different os first?

By the way, I have verified this WiFi adapter is functioning by testing in another laptop.

JᴀʏMᴇᴇ
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It looks as though that adapter has a 8188SU chipset. According to the Debian Wiki you should be able to install the drivers via ssh by (you will probably need to sudo these commands) :

Add a "non-free" component to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:

# Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free

Update the list of available packages and install the firmware-realtek package:

# apt-get update && apt-get install firmware-realtek

After that, restart your pi, and configure the network settings.

(This worked for me with the 8188CUS.. so should be the same for you)

Mongus Pong
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this is discussed extensively here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=49864

the CUS version is different from the RXS version of the dynamode wifi dongle

Edward Burgin
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i don't think you have done anything wrong, simply the linux world in general is not plug and play, you have to find and install the drivers for your device. Have you checked this one has linux drivers?

BernardG
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