Since I got some reports of Wi-Fi dongle not being recognized, this is how you can sort it out: The Main WICD-CURSES windows, will also tell you the ip of your Raspberry Pi, so you can be able to connect to it via GMPC or your preferred mpd client. You can check the Raspberry Pi compatiblity list. Now you’ve Wi-Fi on Raspberry Pi! Feel confident to try other wi-fi dongles other than the one suggested here. When you’re done, just press F10 to save, then it should connect! Please note that the Ip of the Raspberry Pi and the gateway ip should have the same index, so if your router has 192.168.1.ip then also the raspberry pi should have the same, the only thing that will change is the last ip digits (192.168.1.ip). If you wish to have static ip, just put the ip you desire (e.g. If you wish, you can assing a static ip, configure alternative dns and so on. Sorry for Italian language, (not being nationalist!!) but you should be able to guess what these lines mean. Now, you can select your Wi-fi Network, just highlight it with arrow keys and press right arrow key to edit its properties: You’ll get a list of the wireless network found by the Raspberry PI Ok, now we are ready to start, type: sudo wicd-curses If you’re using Raspbian, and you’ve not installed Wicd-curses just type: sudo apt-get update

Connect trought SSH, the Pi has to be connected to a wired network to do this.Get a monitor and a keyboard attached to the Pi.You should access the Pi’s shell, this can be done in 2 ways: With Wicd-curses the setup of Wi-Fi on Raspberry Pi is simple and straightforwarding. RaspyFi comes with Wicd-curses already installed and running, this a user friendly gui wi-fi setup utility. Now we’ll start the setup of the WI-Fi on Raspberry Pi. It’s quite cheap, you can find easily at prices above 10 euros (see later).It’s very small, so there’s plenty of space left on the Pi to attach your USB DAC or USB Dongle.Works automatically with Raspbian, since it’s drivers are included.Low power consumption, it can work directly attached to the Pi withouth a powered usb hub.Supports 150 Mbps 802.11n, so if you have a N network, you’ll have enough bandwith to stream even Hi-res FLACs.We do only require a compatible wi-fi dongle, and the best candidate for the job is the Edimax EW-7811Un. Wi-fi on Raspberry Pi can be achieved with little effort and at cheap expences. Since the Raspberry Pi comes only with a wired network, it could be useful for lot of us to get it wi-fi ready.

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