[Freedombox-discuss] Unable to add new WiFi connection

[Jon Carriel]

Hello. I'm a non-technical newbie who just recently bought a Cubietruck in order to create a FreedomBox, and I've managed to connect it to my LAN, via a Cat5 line to my cable router. I've gotten as far as the Apps screen, using a Chrome browser on my Windows7 PC. I'm now having difficulty getting my TP-Link TL-WN722N to register.

On the Settings / Networks / Add Connection screen, when I pull down Physical Interface, nothing appears but "-- select --".  I'm told I should be seeing a green light on the TP-Link unit, but there isn't any light. (When I plugged it directly into the PC, no light appeared either, and Windows also does not find the unit. The CD that came with the product spins out of control, and I can't trace whatever driver I might need on it.)

Am I doing something wrong, or do I have a defective piece of equipment?

If we can get beyond this issue, I confess to finding the plethora of options on the Add Connection page pretty daunting, and would appreciate suggestions and hints for a standard set-up.

Many thanks for any help!  JON CARRIEL

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