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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>How To Use Wi-Pi On Your PC....</title><link>https://community.element14.com/products/raspberry-pi/w/documents/16844/how-to-use-wi-pi-on-your-pc</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>How To Use Wi-Pi On Your PC....</title><link>https://community.element14.com/products/raspberry-pi/w/documents/16844/how-to-use-wi-pi-on-your-pc</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2021 07:49:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:f44d01a1-2e3e-44c8-972a-c2e91edfd7e5</guid><dc:creator>saurocksall</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/products/raspberry-pi/w/documents/16844/how-to-use-wi-pi-on-your-pc#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Documents by saurocksall on 10/8/2021 7:49:06 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:14pt;"&gt;I recently got a Raspberry Pi and some other Pi Accessories with it, for The Rocking Raspberry Pi Challenge India, which included a Wi-Pi Wifi module, So i was wondering if it would work with my PC or not so I plugged it in my PC, and guess what ?? nothing happened !!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:14pt;"&gt;My PC failed to install its drivers, I tried again but no result !! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.5em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:1.5em;color:#000000;font-size:14pt;"&gt;So I Did some research and found out that Wi-Pi uses a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:28px;color:#000000;font-size:19px;"&gt;special&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:1.5em;color:#000000;font-size:14pt;"&gt; chip which is not that common.. Hence the Driver is not that common also...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:1.5em;color:#000000;font-size:14pt;"&gt;After about 3 hours of searching the Internet i found the solution, and I am going to share it with everyone...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:14pt;"&gt;This Is For Windows Only...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:1.5em;color:#000000;font-size:14pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/366x282/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-01-69/contentimage_5F00_30328.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/01/69/contentimage_30328.jpg-366x282.jpg?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=b276ru1yEKgkh07ILYrWMA8g41YXP3bGj%2FhyNRmVT0U%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-06-10T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=kvsp6RPipFb+rB8JmOIAaQ==" style="max-height: 282px;max-width: 366px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:1.5em;color:#000000;font-size:14pt;"&gt; Just Download the drivers from &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://ganey.co.uk/index.php?news=Farnell%20-%20Element%2014%20WiPi%20driver%20for%20windows%207%20/%20vista&amp;amp;n=119" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank"&gt;HERE..&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Downloaded File will be Zipped so you will need to unzip it, after that open the setup..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You will see this window...&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/300x300/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-01-69/contentimage_5F00_30329.html"&gt;community.element14.com/.../contentimage_5F00_30329.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; After which the following window will open...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/468x355/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-01-69/contentimage_5F00_30330.html"&gt;community.element14.com/.../contentimage_5F00_30330.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Accept the&lt;span style="line-height:1.5em;"&gt; terms of licence..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:1.5em;font-size:12pt;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/470x356/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-01-69/contentimage_5F00_30331.html"&gt;community.element14.com/.../contentimage_5F00_30331.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You don&amp;#39;t need to install the utility, just install the drivers, and click NEXT...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/468x355/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-01-69/contentimage_5F00_30332.png"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/01/69/contentimage_30332.png-468x355.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=peS3TPz1x9oRMaNI0%2FjfQW03n3d%2Bi7oMVqSNPsR9efM%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-06-10T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=pjoXP91evlzKObgsieaXUg==" style="max-height: 355px;max-width: 468px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Now click install.. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The drivers will start to install now..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/470x357/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-01-69/contentimage_5F00_30333.png"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/01/69/contentimage_30333.png-470x357.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=Fz0nijMvf%2FydrIhw5uusl2hoc%2B6VNU0y6tgIM%2FtOX5k%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-06-10T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=FI2vuu7+sd4Ar7uamBfZrg==" style="max-height: 357px;max-width: 470px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;"&gt;It will take some time so be patient...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:14pt;"&gt;When the installation process is Just plugin your Wi-Pi and you should see it is now detecting your WiFi.....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Now Do what you want to do...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: raspberrypi-accessories, wi-pi, raspberrypi-wipi, raspberry-pi&lt;/div&gt;
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