Getting a nmcli to work with an USB dongle. [Not directly related to rpanion] about rpanion-server

[stephendade]

What output do you get if you enter the ifconfig command?

[Drkstr]

HI @stephendade, apologies for the delayed reply. This is a weekend project am working on.

Here the ifconfig output with the dongle plugged in and active(status lights blue or green)

`eth0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether dc:a6:32:ac:84:cf 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

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
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

wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.0.2.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.2.255
inet6 fe80::dffa:77fb:bbed:744 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20
ether dc:a6:32:ac:84:d0 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 37 bytes 5228 (5.1 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0`

For comparison, here what ifconfig looks like before I installed Rpanion server

`eth0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether dc:a6:32:ac:84:cf txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 155 bytes 52923 (51.6 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 2 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 96 bytes 11130 (10.8 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

eth1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
inet6 fe80::d58:c483:984:20bc prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20
inet6 2001:8004:2748:f07:79a3:4b41:c8e3:7e18 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0
inet6 2001:8004:2748:f07:b827:c5b4:b86b:2 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x0
ether 00:1e:10:1f:00:00 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 3976 bytes 5101191 (4.8 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 2462 bytes 205562 (200.7 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
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

wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether dc:a6:32:ac:84:d0 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`

Let me know if you would like anymore info.

[stephendade]

Ok. For some reason the dongle isn't being picked up as a network connection.

I haven't got this dongle to test, so there's not much I can do to help. You'll probably have better luck for the issue and seeing if someone else has solved it.

[Drkstr]

Hi @stephendade, looks like having the dongle plugged when the pi is booting up makes it work :)