# Raspberry pi 1 and usb wifi

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**Created:** [April 16, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/raspberry-pi-1-and-usb-wifi/6081 "2019-04-16T17:16:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/raspberry-pi-1-and-usb-wifi/6081/15 "2019-04-29T17:59:00Z")

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Thank you for your help.

From NetworkManager logs I did not find any help, no mentions about wlan0. iwconfig does not show wlan0 device at all. And nmcli shows shows only next line for wifi:

```
resin-wifi-01 a58e405d-fdc2-3649-9339-5bbaea740c76 wifi --

```

Cannot find the USB WIFI dongle package, I had it here few weeks ago… But that known devices had link to this site: [https://elinux.org/RPi\_USB\_Wi-Fi\_Adapters](https://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Wi-Fi_Adapters)

There same USB ID `0bda:8176` references to this information  
`Realtek`  
`* RTL8188CUS USB-ID 0bda:8176, kernel oops in dmesg and freeze when pulled from USB. (B)`

Before I used same dongle in raspbian, and there I notived that hot(un)plug is causing problems.

Ok, maybe I use this device with erhernet cable. The only display with HDMI is my TV but there is no ethernet sockets, so I’ll have to use long cable everytime I test with screen.

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