[Freedombox-discuss] Unable to add new WiFi connection

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Hi Jon,

I cannot help in the TP-Link issue. 
But if your router has Wlan, as I think, you actually do not need it on the box. E.g.I am not using my box as router.

Dietmar

Am 5. März 2019 00:09:52 MEZ schrieb Jon Carriel via Freedombox-discuss <freedombox-discuss at alioth-lists.debian.net>:
>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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