WiFi issues using Edimax WiFi dongle

[g0nz0uk]

Hello,

I’m bought a WiFi USB adapter, the Edimax 7811 and the only way I can get it to connect to my WiFi is if I run the commands:

sudo ifdown wlan0
then
sudo ifup wlan0

This is my config:

pi@retropie ~ $ sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
iface default inet dhcp

root@retropie:/home/pi# nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
ssid=”myssid”
psk=”mypassword”
}

it never connects automatically, have I missed something?

[herbfargus]

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23344

Some people have commented out wpa-roam like this #wpa-roam you can also try adding auto wlan0under auto lo

I usually just use the first method here and I haven’t had any problems:

https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Setting-Up-Wifi

Hope it helps.

[g0nz0uk]

Thanks a million, that URL did the trick I had one line slightly wrong.

[herbfargus]

glad it worked out, feel free to mark the thread as resolved from the drop down menu at the top :)

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