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RPi Peripherals
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Setup examples for various peripherals
Wireless: TP-Link TL-WN722N USB wireless adapter (Debian 6)
See also:
http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-44703/l/raspberry-pi-wifi-adaptertesting
http://omer.me/2012/04/setting-up-wireless-networks-under-debian-on-raspberry-pi/
This will serve as a general guide for USB wireless devices but may need modifying for
your specific one.
▪ Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to add the non-free archive and backports (eg: sudo vi /etc/
apt/sources.list):
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main non-free
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main non-free
deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main non-free
▪ Update the package cache:
sudo apt-get update
▪ Download the wifi utils:
sudo apt-get install wireless-tools usbutils
▪ Download the required firmware and put it in the correct location - you may not need
to do this for your adapter or you may need different firmware - see below.
sudo apt-get install firmware-atheros
sudo wget http://linuxwireless.org/download/htc_fw/1.3/htc_9271.fw
sudo cp htc_9271.fw /lib/firmware
▪ Add adapter definition to network config - eg: sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces - add
the wlan0 section: