No wireless interfaces

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The icon in the tray does not show any wireless interfaces when I click on it. I know my adapter SHOULD work (Tenda W522U), but it does not appear to. I am running Raspbian Jessie. The output of commands is listed below.

lsusb

...
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 148f:3572 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT3572 Wireless Adapter
...

lsmod

...
rt2800usb   17802  0
rt2800lib   71907  1 rt2800usb
rt2x00usb    8553  1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib   36744  3 rt2x00usb,rt2800lib,rt2800usb
mac80211   542174  3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib
cfg80211   420690  2 mac80211,rt2x00lib
crc_ccitt    1161  1 rt2800lib
rfkill      16659  1 cfg80211
...

/etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
    wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

iface default inet dhcp

/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

have you tried to set a static IP? Don't do that yet if you haven't. — Kenneth Spear, Apr 15 '16 at 19:38
Try rebooting and leave the wireless adapter plugged in. Then try ifconfig wlan0 up without an ethernet plugged in — Kenneth Spear, Apr 15 '16 at 19:44

Maniflames · Answer 1 · 2017-07-23T19:43:44.933

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I just struggled with the same problem. I noticed that if I ran ifconfig wlan0 would show up but I would only have an ipv6 adress, the other one was completely gone.

I read that in the release of Raspian Jessie the way you have to configure wifi changed. Instead of setting up my static ip adress in /etc/network/interfaces I put them in /etc/dhcpcd.conf

To configure my static ip I added the following lines at the end of the file. (Of course you have to replace the stuff with what's applicable to your network settings)

interface wlan0
static ip_address=192.168.xx.x/24
static routers=192.168.xx.x
static domain_name_servers=8.8.8.8 #DNS server of google

I read it here (my source is dutch though)

edited Jul 23 '17 at 19:43

answered Jul 23 '17 at 17:46

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I was having same problem due to a someone who made a change in the `/etc/network/interfaces` file and then did not back the change back out. The result of the entry caused the same error as the OP as I think my PI 3 was looking for a specific SSID rather than the `auto` functionality. I was at a loss until I found this question and answer which told me which file to look at. Thank you so much. – Richard Chambers Oct 30 '17 at 04:03

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:56

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It doesn't work because you broke it by fiddling with the settings. See:- How do I set up networking/WiFi/Static IP

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:56

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answered Apr 15 '16 at 23:53

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