Not able to get wi-fi hotspot working

AstroBox Troubleshooting
#1

Hi,

I’m trying to setup the hotspot feature on my Astrobox powered by a Pi 3.

The Pi itself is connected when it is to my network via cable however I added an extra wi-fi adapter (RT5370) to it to do the hotspot.

However I don’t seem to be having any luck with a hotspot appearing at all even though the software says that it is active.

I was wondering if there’s any ideas. I’m not worried about having it where I can have it connect to a wi-fi network either if that can fix it.

Thanks -
Ryan Walmsley

#2

Hey Ryan.

It’s likely the WiFi dongle - we have not tested it.

We recommend the EDIMAX dongle and the Astrobox is generally compatible with Realtek 8188 chipset based dongles.

#3

Onboard wifi wont work in ap mode

#4

@Christopher_Lange:

Have you seen this?

#5

Sorry i thought he was just using the onboard wifi when he was trying to connect. My guide will work with the rpi 3 also. I just had to connect to my wifi once with the usb dongle during setup and after i unplugged it and restarted with the onboard it worked automagiclly. The readbear uses the came chipset as the pi 3.

#6

It seems like Astroprint will not detect my donegal as well its a Tenda 150Mbs mini Wireless USB Adapter (model # W311MI) it is supposedly 100 pi compatable

#7

For the creation of the hotspot, we only support one family of wifi dongles as explained here: https://astroprint.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203641685-Which-WiFi-USB-dongles-are-supported-

#8

Gosh… any plans on expanding on that support in the near future?

#9

In this particular case, we don’t have any plans for changing this. Note that this only affect the convenience of having a hotspot option. For connecting to an existing network, we support any WiFi dongle that the pi supports.