Things got really improved since last time I've been trying to expand my Raspberry Pi 1 model B by Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
I am still using cheap Chinese USB dongles. This time my Raspberry is running Raspbian Jessie.
- 802.11n Wi-Fi dongle with Realtek's RTL8188EUS chipset
- Bluetooth adapter compatible with Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) adapter.
Wi-Fi
To make Wi-Fi work, just add information about your network to the /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
file. Actually, you can add multiple networks. Raspberry will try to connect to the first available.
network={
ssid="The_ESSID_from_earlier"
psk="Your_wifi_password"
}
Maybe you will need to restart the interface by sudo wpa_cli reconfigure
. Check out the official documentation.
Bluetooth
First of all, start the bluetooth console by typing bluetoothctl
. Everything else will be done in the console.
agent on
default-agent
scan on
...here you should see the list of "pairable" devices
pair XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
connect XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
...in case you get following error Access denied: org.bluez.Error.Rejected in syslog, You need to "trust" the device:
trust XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX