I bought two raspberrypi b+

Both units will not "see" the wifi dongle...Yet in my old old raspberrypi B - the wifi dongle is seen and I am able to logon to the wifi network.. Is there a fix ? And, did the b+ get shipped with this problem?

0 fvan over 10 years ago

Have you updated the software to the latest version ? (apt-get update / apt-get upgrade)
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0 kidiccurus over 10 years ago

Which WiFi dongle? Also what power supply and anything else plugged in? We can't help if we don't know your problem so give more detail in the future please.
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to fvan

Yes. that's what is frustrating.
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to kidiccurus

edimax - the small unit and the power supply is the ac adapter for uk with converter for usa power supply output is 5.25 volts with 2A

I have used the same power + edimax wifi dongle for B ( everything worked) but on both the B+ system does not see the edimax so not able to set it up...
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0 kidiccurus over 10 years ago in reply to Former Member

What otherusb devices do you have plugged in? Unplug as many as possible. They may be drawing too much current and causing the dongle to reset or otherwise fail.
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago

You may need to find a list of compatible wifi dongles for the b+ online.
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to kidiccurus

Thank-you for your reply. I have wifi dongle and keyboard only plugged in and both plugged into the B+ ( BTW the same dongle was working with my B...so put it back into the B and it works!)...
Im going to try a clean install of XBMC and see if it the hardware works...and to determine if it is a software issue...
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to Former Member

I thought if the wifi dongle works in B then it should work in B+ ( not the case..or maybe it's a hwardware or software) IM going to install xbmc on both B+ and see if the problem still exist...then it's hardware...or software....
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0 cstanton over 10 years ago

Hi baker195,
You haven't confirmed whether or not you updated your (I'm assuming Raspbian or NOOBS) installation.

You need to make sure that your linux installation is up to date so that your B+ is supported. If you already have a B and just swapped the SD Card over, you're going to have problems. So as fvan has said, and also Eben Upton said in the webinar he did on the website. You need to

apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; apt-get dist-upgrade

At the terminal.
If you install RaspBMC it may not be up to date to work with the B+ yet. OpenELEC though, I think is.
Hope this helps.
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to cstanton

Yes I did !!
Sudo. apt-get update
Sudo apt-get upgrade

Baker195@aol.com
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