<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div id="yiv1624377602"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_105" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71">A previous Cabal, someone was using an RPi with WiFi, but I did not recall his configuration.</span><span id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71"> This inspired me to get a Wi-Fi adapter to use with my Pi and LapDock.<br></span></div><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_782" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span
id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71"><br id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_791"></span></div><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_787" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71">A usually reputable local store sold me a USB-WiFi. When I tried it, t</span><span id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71">he LapDock shut down after about a minute. Fortunately the LapDock must have a polyfuse, because it worked the next day (without the WiFi.) No discernible permanent damage.<br></span></div><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_695" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br><span id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71"></span></div><div
id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_698" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71">Then I started looking for more information. The final answer required multiple
web-searches.<br></span></div><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_170" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br><span id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71"></span></div><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_327" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71"><a href="http://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Wi-Fi_Adapters">http://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Wi-Fi_Adapters</a> has a long list of adapters with comments about software. </span><span id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71">The model tried was described as:</span></div><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_337" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times,
serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br> "works OOTB with Raspbian 2012-09-17, without powered USB hub"<br><br>So what's the problem? I read more carefully:<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">stable
with 1 A PSU<br></div></div><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_227" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br><span id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71"></span></div><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_230" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71">After several searches, I could not find specifics for either how much current the adapter needed or how much the LapDock could supply. <br></span></div><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_418" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br><span
id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71"></span></div><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_421" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71">Eventually did a search for "RPi + Lapdock + Wifi". I read each website and compiled a list of the WiFi adapters models used.<br></span></div><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_474" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br><span id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71"></span></div><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_477" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span
id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71">One model that was frequently mentioned was Edimax EW-7811. I checked a couple local stores, but not had that brand. Then I did a Google for just the part number. The top hits were Amazon, Amazon, NewEgg, Walmart, eBay. Walmart(?!) I placed the order on-line and a couple days later, picked it up. With free ship-to-store, the price was under $10.<br id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_240"></span></div><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_236" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br><span id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71"></span></div><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_241" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span
id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_71">So far I have tested it on my home network and at Cabal.<br><br>-Paul<br></span></div><div id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_140"><br id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_57"></div> <div class="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_59" id="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_60" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div class="yiv1624377602yui_3_7_2_92_1391897053301_63" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Tony Godshall <togo@of.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Ross Bernheim <rossbernheim@speakeasy.net>; conspire <conspire@linuxmafia.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:46 PM<br> <b><span
style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> [conspire] good reasons to buy usb wifi (and other things) from raspberry pi sellers [Re: WiFi adapter]<br> </font> </div> <div class="yiv1624377602y_msg_container"><br>> On Jan 16, 2014, at 11:52 AM, Tony
Godshall <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:togo@of.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:togo@of.net">togo@of.net</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> BTW- I've been buying USB peripherals for<br>>> Raspberry Pi and finding they work *great*<br>>> with other linux devices- way fewer driver<br>>> hassles.<br><br>On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Ross Bernheim<br><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:rossbernheim@speakeasy.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:rossbernheim@speakeasy.net">rossbernheim@speakeasy.net</a>> wrote:<br>> Given that the Pi does not have all the drivers that some other<br>> distributions of Linux do and the large number of “testers” it is not<br>> surprising that those<br>> drivers that they have would be for well behaved and documented USB devices.<br><br>Indeed that is one good reason to buy them.<br><br>The other is to support linux-friendly vendors like adafruit,. or
any<br>vendor that sells
RPi.<br><br>Tony<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>conspire mailing list<br><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div></body></html>