Well, sometimes I am an idiot. I jumped through major league hoops that were totally unnecessary in getting my WiFi dongle to connect with my Wireless router. I looked for help on the web, Found a lot of guidelines that were a bit involved, but not atrocious. So I started doing what they asked. Got my system plugged into the router via ethernet cable. Update the Raspbian install, check for...
Making things too difficult – RasPi WiFi setup
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