USBridge Sig w/ RopieeeXL and TP-Link T4U Plus USB WiFi Dongle

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Hi Everyone,

I am trying to get the TP-Link T4U Plus WiFi dongle to work with my USBridge Signature.

I know that this dongle works with Ropiee and should be auto detected as I have used it on the standard Pi 3b+ that this is replacing without issue. I’m beginning to think that it’s the USBridge and maybe a USB 3.0 issue? Are the BT AND WIFI ports USB 3 on the USBridge? (EDIT: looks like its USB 2.0 on the USBridge as well as the 3b+) Is there a driver issue? I’m not super good with Putty and SSHing into the device but is there a way to check and see if the Pi is even seeing the dongle?

Again, the fact that the T4U Plus works on Ropieee on a Standard Pi has me thinking it’s the USBridge Sig.

EDIT:

Here is what I see I SSH into the USBridge Signature and use the lsusb command:

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0b95:1790 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 262a:11da This could be my DAC - not certian.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0451:8142 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB8041 4-Port Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Here is what I see I SSH into my RPi 3B+ that I using the same TP-Link device - and use the lsusb command:

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2357:0115 TP-Link
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMC9514 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Thanks in advance for your help.

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HUZZAH! I figured it out. Per my suspicions above the USBridge was picking up a device but as you’ll see it has no name. For what reason I do not know. However, that device was in-fact my WiFi dongle.

This may be a known issue but while using my iphone the scroll wheel let me select empty space when I did that the dongle started blinking and my SSID popped up.

Weird issue but hopefully this thread helps someone else in the future if they get this same wifi dongle.

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Note that I think the USBridge Signature uses a RPi Compute Module and maybe this needs a tweak from Harry @spockfish

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Yea, so I tried a usb 2.0 EDUP module that I picked up from amazon and messed it all up. Really confused as to why these would both work on a regular Pi and not the Sig. It has to be a USB issue.

I will note I was having drop outs regularly with the T4U Plus. I think there are still demons at play here. If @spockfish could provide any wisdom it would be greatly appreciated. Are there only certian dongles that I should be using with Ropieee and USBridge Sig?

Cheers