ANDDEAR-MT7612U

[Bytefox860]

Hi...new person here...hope someone can point me in right direction. I have a ANDDEAR-MT7612U that I'm trying to install on my WlanPi R4 on Raspberry Pi4.
I tried https://github.com/openwrt/mt76.git repository but find that mt76x2u module is missing which I believe is what I need. Is there another repository I could try or something that I'm missing. Thanks.

[joshschmelzle]

What version of WLAN Pi OS are you running? This adapter should work out of the box as it uses mt7662u and mt7662u_rom_patch which are provided in /lib/firmware/mediatek. Have you tried a different USB port?

[Bytefox860]

I'm running v3.2.3....Kernel version: 6.10.14-v8-wlanpi+.
lsusb
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:0116 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd KU-2971/KU-0325 Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0e8d:7610 MediaTek Inc. WiFi
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

ip a (truncated)
5: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:13:ef:f4:0d:7e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

[Bytefox860]

I did try bottom usb3 port and usb2 ports no difference.

[joshschmelzle]

It should be using mt76x0u:

modinfo mt76x0u | grep 7610
firmware:       mediatek/mt7610u.bin
firmware:       mediatek/mt7610e.bin
alias:          usb:v07B8p7610d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v0E8Dp7610d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*   <-------
alias:          usb:v148Fp7610d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*

Is it being recognized? Plug it in and run lsmod | grep mt76 and dmesg | grep mt76.

[Bytefox860]

Thanks very much...it looks like driver is loaded and working now. Display on WlanPi R4 also shows under WLAN interfaces :
Interface :wlan0
Driver : mt76x0u
Addr : 0013etc
Mode : Managed
But now another question if I may : I am trying to make wi-fi connection using sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
Guidelines tell me I must uncomment wpa-conf line on wlan0 but I don't have wpa-conf line there...only on wlan1 configuration.
And my configuation as from above shows my wi-fi dongle is set as wlan0. Should I add the wpa-conf line to wlan0 configuration?

wlan0 configuration

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
#address 192.168.0.100
#netmask 255.255.255.0
#gateway 192.168.0.1
#dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4

Disable power saving on compatible chipsets (prevents SSH/connection dropouts over WiFi)

wireless-power off

wlan1 configuration

For second WiFi dongle

allow-hotplug wlan1
iface wlan1 inet dhcp
#wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Disable power saving on compatible chipsets (prevents SSH/connection dropouts over WiFi)

wireless-power off

[Bytefox860]

Ok I added wpa-conf line to the wlan0 configuration and it is working now. Thanks for the guidance anyway.