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Non-USB WiFi options

AniGeek

i had a quick question. is it possible to make it to where the raspberry pi can use wifi without using a wifi dongle is there like a pcb or dev board that can be connected to save the usb port for other connectables.

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  • Here's a couple of alternative suggestions:

     

    plug one of these into the ethernet port on the Pi  http://www.netgear.com/landing/wnce2001.aspx if you want it inside the box then you'll just need a bigger box!

    However it would free up a usb port and as it's effectively transparent there's nothing to be done on the Pi which just thinks it has a normal wired ethernet connection.

     

    RN171XVS-I/RM - MODULE, WIFI, 802.15.4 DROP-IN W/ANTRN171XVS-I/RM - MODULE, WIFI, 802.15.4 DROP-IN W/ANT or similar embedded module, downside is that they tend to be slow as you're talking to them via a serial port and there's no linux driver, so you have to do it all yourself.

     

    Software wise, and depending on what's at the other side, it could be possible to run a ppp session over the serial port to a remote endpoint and treat it much like an old dial-up modem - that would give you a way to use it within the normal linux networking stack.  But there's a lot of details you'd need to work out in order to get that working.

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  • Here's a couple of alternative suggestions:

     

    plug one of these into the ethernet port on the Pi  http://www.netgear.com/landing/wnce2001.aspx if you want it inside the box then you'll just need a bigger box!

    However it would free up a usb port and as it's effectively transparent there's nothing to be done on the Pi which just thinks it has a normal wired ethernet connection.

     

    RN171XVS-I/RM - MODULE, WIFI, 802.15.4 DROP-IN W/ANTRN171XVS-I/RM - MODULE, WIFI, 802.15.4 DROP-IN W/ANT or similar embedded module, downside is that they tend to be slow as you're talking to them via a serial port and there's no linux driver, so you have to do it all yourself.

     

    Software wise, and depending on what's at the other side, it could be possible to run a ppp session over the serial port to a remote endpoint and treat it much like an old dial-up modem - that would give you a way to use it within the normal linux networking stack.  But there's a lot of details you'd need to work out in order to get that working.

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