Rock 3C WiFi (Debian Bookworm)

#1

Hello,
In a Rock 3C with Armbian, how should WiFi be activated ?
Thank you !

v24.11 rolling for Rock 3C running Armbian Linux 6.6.56-current-rockchip64
Packages: Debian stable (bookworm)

armbian@rock-3c:~$ ip -br addr show
lo UNKNOWN 127.0.0.1/8 ::1/128
end0 UP 192.168.0.152/24 metric 100 fe80::58b8:36ff:fe95:ba28/64

armbian@rock-3c:~$ ip link show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: end0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 5a:b8:36:95:ba:28 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

armbian@rock-3c:~$ nmcli dev wifi
armbian@rock-3c:~$ nmcli device wifi
armbian@rock-3c:~$

#2

What model of WIFI module are you using on the ROCK 3C?
You can try Radxa’s official DebianOS to make sure the WIFI module is working.
https://github.com/radxa-build/rock-3c/releases/download/b43/rock-3c_debian_bullseye_xfce_b43.img.xz

#3

Thanks Mitchell !
This minicomputer has onboard WiFi with the “radxa Wireless Module D8”.
Alright, I’ll try the Radxa’s official Debian CLI image for headless usage.

#4

Ok, with https://github.com/radxa-build/rock-3c/releases/download/b43/rock-3c_debian_bullseye_cli_b43.img.xz the WiFi works correctly.

nmcli dev wifi connect “wifi_name” password “wifi_password”

The nmcli configuration profile is stored in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/

Thanks !