Enable Wifi with Comfast Realtek

[fvdw]

if it show the adapter wlan0: with info about yur adapter to use you need to do

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ifconfig wlan0 up

when now giving
command

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ifconfig

It should be listed but without ip

If this is the case then connect to wifi accespoint

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wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-1.conf -B

get ip adres

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udhcpc -b -i wlan0 -q -s /etc/simple.script

to check status

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wpa_cli status

[Jocko]

Maybe there is an issue with udev rule.
Can you post the output when you plug again your dongle after running this command line

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udevadm monitor

---edit---
I removed the option --udev in the command line

[fvdw]

another driver V 5.2.6.3

not that name is changed to 8821au.ko

This module comes out when compiling the driver in the package identified as 0009444-RTL8811AU_Linux_v5.2.6.3

To remove the old driver either reboot and delete the modle or use

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modprobe -r 8812AU

(check with lsmod if it is gone)

Put the new driver in /lib/modules/4.6.6
Then use depmod and modprobe again to install the new driver and see what happens

[pedro0lx]

allright! :thumbup
with this one it's already detected the driver! (: and I can enable the wlan0!

but I have another problem... with the wpa_supplicant command. I don't have the wpa_supplicant folder inside /etc neither wpa_supplicant.conf file. :scratch

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root@fvdwsl-base:/ # wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-
1.conf -B
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
Failed to open config file '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-1.conf', error: No such file or directory
Failed to read or parse configuration '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-1.conf'.

[Jocko]

:scratch

You must create it before !
You should read the HowTo available here : https://plugout.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1829

3. Make a configuration file and put it in /etc/wpa_supplicant
example conf file (wpa_supplicant.conf);

Replace your-sid and your-passkey by the the actual values set in your wlan (keep the quotes as shown)
Note that these names are case sensitive !

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

network={
ssid="your-ssid"
scan_ssid=1
psk="your-passkey"
proto=RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP
group=TKIP

[pedro0lx]

:applause

I was following previous post and assumed the manual was outdated!

it's working! :thumbup

Obrigado e abraços! ;)

[Jocko]

Nice to heard you succeeded to configure your wifi dongle. :thumbup

I was following previous post and assumed the manual was outdated!

It is the opposite case the topics on development forum are outdated (bad attempts, errors,...) and this wiki is up to date

Otherwise I advice to backup your files (script, conf, driver) which will be overwritten if you upgrade the nas.

I also advice not to edit rcS as this file may be overwritten if you install a patch. But you should enable the feature boot jobs feature (see its related menu in the firmware web-interface) and then create a short shell script in the folder: /direct-usb/fvdw/cron-boot (so in the subfolder cron-boot of the share fvdw).
This short script is

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#!/bin/sh

[ -e /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf  ] && wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -B >> /etc/iface_scripts/udev.log