Wi-Pi usb wlan interface 'not available'
Posted: 01 Mar 2026, 19:25
Hello RevPi Community, can someone help point in the right direction to enable/activate a Wi-Pi USB wifi dongle?
RevPi Connect4 model 100378 with Bookworm
Cockpit recognizes the network interface as "Ralink Technology Corp, RT5370 Wireless Adapter rt2800usb" however, I can not 'activate' the interface in nmtui nor in cockpit. I have setup the device in nmtui also. Cockpit lists status as 'Not available'
RevPi Connect4 model 100378 with Bookworm
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pi@RevPi185053:~$ sudo ifconfig -a wlan0
wlan0: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:c1:41:33:0e:f4 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
pi@RevPi185053:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0424:7800 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) LAN7800
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub