Official Orange Pi 5 WIFI module support

General Discussion
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Hi there,

I recently got an official OPI 5 WIFI add-on module:

This is the chip they use:

However, it’s not detected by DietPi (lspci won’t list anything on the OPI5, and fantastic dietpi-setup utility doesn’t show any WiFi adapters).

Seems to be supported by the official Debian distro for OPI5:

http://www.orangepi.org/orangepiwiki/index.php?title=How_to_use_AP6275P_PCIe_network_card&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop

So, any idea if this AP6275P thing is supported in any form in DietPi?

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Made it work. Simply edit /boot/dietpiEnv.txt and add the line:


overlays=opi5-wifi-ap6275p

That way, the adapter is detected and the network can be easily configured in detpi-config.

Maybe you should enable that overlay on the OPI5 by default?

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well this is specific for the dedicated WiFi adapter. @MichaIng what do you think?

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We could do it like on RPi: Have it enabled for first boot but disabling it if no WiFi connection is enabled for second boot. And then a dedicated onboard WiFi toggle in dietpi-config.