Trying to setup a Raspberry Pi v1, no wifi?

Trying to setup a v1.2 Raspberry Pi as an astrobox. I’m using the recommended N150 wifi adapter and I have made an SD card with the lastest firmware flashed via Etcher. When I plugin the astrobox I never see a wifi network pop up for it. Finally I tried plugging the HDMI port into a monitor and everything loads with status OK then says: astrobox-5999 tty1, astrobox-5999 login:

Do I need to login and do something or is this standard procedure with a monitor and I should be able to configure through wifi… if there was wifi?

Just tried using the desktop app along with an ethernet cable and the astrobox is not being recognized that way?