Hello Everyone,

After no success with my CSL WLAN Adapter I tried the BrosTrend 1200 V2. Because I heard a lot of good things in this forum.
I followed the instructions on deb.trendtechcn.com/ and entered

sh -c 'wget deb.trendtechcn.com/install -O /tmp/install && sh /tmp/install'

Installation was successful (no asking of password for root rights).
Afterwards in my WFI connections I have the options of Device WLAN0 and WLAN1.

If I pick one in an existing WLAN connection and restart the RPI I cannot access the RPI after restart by WLAN.
If I create a new WLAN connection in the dashboard the device part is empty in advanced network connections.

Does anyone know what I have to do that I can use the WLAN Dongle?

Best Regards
Sven

You want to use it as your primary Hotspot WiFi? If yes, then on desktop, open StellarMate Updater then select there which hotspot interface to wlan1

Hello Jasem,
Thanks.

First I like to connect stellarmate to my home wifi using the external BrosTrend Dongle.

I oppened the updater, the external dongle is indicated with a green button and an IP.
The option to run hotspot through external dongle is there as well.

If i take my existing connection to my home wifi in the menu advanced Network settings and change only the decice from WLAN0 to WLAN1 it does not connect.

After restart stellarmate opens the hotspot mode. Priorities are not changed
Hotspot -10 and Wifi Network 0.

Are there other options which i have to change?

Best Regards
Sven

In this case it should be simple, you'll have two wifi networks. Hotspot is as-is connected wlan0, and then from the App or desktop, you can click on the top-right network icon and connect the brostrend dongle to your home network. Both can work independently at the same time. I've used similar setup many times with StellarMate.

I was able to create the WIFI connection using the external dongle via desktop.
In the android APP I cannot choose the dongle. It always uses the internal WIFI and creates a new connection. Probably I don’t know where the option is.

What I am struggling with is connecting to stellarmate through the BrosTrend either with the android App or with the dashboard (stellarmate.local/)
What does work is using IP of WIFI Dongle and XXX.XXX.XXX.XX:6080/vnc.html
In the app I tried adding a new device with the IP of the external Dongle Wifi, but it always fails.

Any Ideas for the Android APP and the dashboard?

Best Regards
Sven

App/Dashbaord can only deal with 1 WLAN interface. This is why you have selection with StellarMate Updater to select which WLAN interface should be used as the default. If you want to use the external WiFi, then select it as such from SM Updater. This frees up the internal WiFi which you can *manually* connect to your home WiFi from the desktop (you cannot do this from App). Then the external WiFi would be used to launch the hotspot..etc (10.250.250.1)