So I’ve gotten this crazy idea into my head that I can write a script that will detect whether you have a USB WiFi dongle plugged in, whether you have the right drivers installed, and if you do, then it will ask you for WiFi details and attempt to connect. Or if you don’t have the right drivers / firmware etc, it will detect what hardware you have and install the right devices.
Now, in order to do that, I need to do some data gathering. The information that I need ?
Is this –
If you have a USB wifi adapter plugged into your Raspberry Pi, run these commands, and post the output into the comments.
Run lsusb first, to determine the Bus and Device that the USB Wifi adapter is on, and then run lsusb with the -v and -s arguments to display just the information relevant to the WiFi Adapter.
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0c45:627b Microdia PC Camera (SN9C201 + OV7660)
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0846:6a00 NetGear, Inc. WG111v2 54 Mbps Wireless [RealTek RTL8187L]
lsusb -v -s 004:002
If I can get enough information, then I may be able to write the script !
Thanks !
