10 December, 2017
Raspbian Stretch, WiFi and TP-Link TL-WN725N
Few weeks ago I had to install fresh Raspbian on my old Raspberry Pi 2B. Everything was way smoother than few years ago, when I bought it. The only annoying issue I had was getting the WiFi to work properly. My TP-Link card (TL-WN725N) had it’s diode indicating that it’s operational, but Raspbian couldn’t find any networks. I saw the OS recognizing the card, and after scanning for SSIDs, I saw my network. It was pretty weird – Raspbian still wouldn’t connect to them. After few hours of googling and trying few solutions, I found two sources with tips that helped me. Here they are:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=191061
https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/50967/raspi-3-wlan0-not-associated?answertab=active