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FYI you need a powered USB hub to attach that wifi dongle. I also got one of those small Realtek RTL8188SU wifi dongles and found that it worked very poorly. I
by tkahn6 14y ago
FYI you need a powered USB hub to attach that wifi dongle.
I also got one of those small Realtek RTL8188SU wifi dongles and found that it worked very poorly. I don't know if it was the particular vendor I got mine from or the drivers or that particular chipset, but the interface would just stop working if you tried to do anything data intensive or prolonged on it. SSH and VNC were unusable.
- yossilac 14y agoHe does mention resetting the USB port after every image transfer, so maybe that solves that problem as well.
- drivebyacct2 14y agoThat's a pain in the neck. I steam 720p video for hours on end over a IOGear GWU625 (Realtek RTL8191S) with no problems. (Requires powered hub AFAIK, I don't think I tried it without though).
- tkahn6 14y agoYeah this is the one I got: http://www.amazon.com/Airlink-compatible-Wireless-Mini-USB-AWLL5099/dp/B006ZZUK5Y/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1345369640&sr=8-3&keywords=airlink+101 http://www.amazon.com/Airlink-compatible-Wireless-Mini-USB-A... I suppose a thing that small and cheap is too good to be true.
- climberhunt 14y agoI've had good success with the RTL8188SU. Direct onto the Raspberry Pi, no hub needed. Worked away through it, ssh'd in, transferring images, etc for several hours, didn't have to touch it once. It does get a tad warm, though, but not hot enough to worry about.