Hello, I have a D-Link N300 (Realtek RTL8196E) that I connect to a pynq-z1. I tried with images 2.4 and 2.5. The wifi dongle is recognized as I can see it with lsusb, however, when I want to connect to my network, I always get the following. xilinx@pynq:~/pynq$ sudo python3 Python 3.6.5 (default, …

This is a problematic USB dongle. We found that additional kernel configurations have to be enabled in order to use this dongle. Is it possible for you to try a different USB wifi module, e.g. the raspberry pi wifi dongle ?

Thank you @rock for the answer. It should be one with a Ralink 5370 chipset, right? I could get a LogiLink WL0084E , would that work? It has the same chipset as the one you suggested.

I am having some trouble finding the one that you suggests to buy in Europe. Besides that, let’s say I find it or I try another with the same chipset (Ralink 5370). The fact that I have the Z1 shouldn’t be a problem, right?

Two other models but with the Ralink 5370 chipset worked :+1:

USB Wifi error No DHCPOFFERS received

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rock July 30, 2020, 9:13pm 4

I don’t know whether it will work, but if the chipset is the same as Ralink 5370, it should work. Some relevant discussion here.

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USB Wifi error No DHCPOFFERS received

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