Reply To: How to replace internal WiFi with external USB Wifi Edimax EW-7612UAn V2 on Pi4

Hi Michael,

Please follow these steps:

1. connect dongle and LAN cable to Pi, boot up
2. install the Remote Control Plugin
3. install „ShellInABox“ in the Remote Control Plugin
4. click „Open Console Fullscreen“
5. login: pi; password: max2play
6. execute the following commands in this order:
– sudo wget http://downloads.fars-robotics.net/wifi-drivers/install-wifi -O /usr/bin/install-wifi
– sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/install-wifi
– sudo install-wifi if that doesn’t work, try: sudo /usr/bin/install-wifi you should see that the driver for your dongle has been recognised and installed
– sudo reboot
7. after reboot disable the integrated Wifi in the Raspberry settings (then reboot again)
8. set up Wifi and activate WLAN interface
9. at the top of the Wifi plugin you should see „active“ twice as well as an IP address
10. shut down the Pi, disconnect the LAN cable and reboot
11. the Pi should connect to the router via WLAN.

Does that solve your problem?