I had the same type of issue. What worked for me is to install and configure dhcp and set a static ip address on the BBB.
On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 2:36:59 AM UTC-4, Will Kostelecky wrote: > > An added detail for this post. Without changing anything I suddenly saw > the network appear on my iPad AND was then able to connect. After a reboot > of the BBB the network, configured in the same way, showed up on the wi-fi > analyzer but was not visible on the iPad...then it disappeared from the > wi-fi analyzer, presumable as it must have crashed. > > After running the above commands it reappeared on the analyzer but was not > visible to the iPad. THEN...when I issued an ifconfig wlan0 down followed > by an ifconfig wlan0 up...I was able to connect?!?!?! Further...when > doing this the connection seems to be more stable? > > Any idea what gives? > > Thanks, Will > > > On Wednesday, 14 August 2013 07:13:57 UTC+1, Will Kostelecky wrote: >> >> I am trying to get an adhoc network up and running on a BeagleBone >> Black. Ideally, I would like to use this to connect to an embedded BBB >> without it being on the 'corporate' network. >> >> Here are the commands that I am using to configure my Belkin Wi-Fi dongle: >> >> ifconfig wlan0 down >> iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc >> iwconfig wlan0 essid chair01 ap 94:44:52:E7:29:E0 channel 6 >> ifconfig wlan0 192.168.2.240 >> ifconfig wlan0 up >> >> Below are the outputs from iwconfig and ifconfig after doing the above >> commands: >> >> iwconfig: >> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"chair01" >> Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.437 GHz Cell: 94:44:52:E7:29:E0 >> Tx-Power=20 dBm >> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off >> Encryption key:off >> Power Management:on >> >> ifconfig: >> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 94:44:52:E7:29:E0 >> inet addr:192.168.2.240 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 >> inet6 addr: fe80::9644:52ff:fee7:29e0/64 Scope:Link >> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 >> RX packets:29 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >> TX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 >> RX bytes:8574 (8.3 KiB) TX bytes:3978 (3.8 KiB) >> >> My Apple devices do not see the adhoc network at all. A wireless >> analyzer running on an Android tablet does see it but the table O/S does >> not! I do see it on an Ubuntu workstation but when I try to connect it >> fails. As you can see from the above there is a conversation going >> on...just not a connection! >> >> The Wifi dongle is in a powered hub and the BBB is itself powered from a >> 5v supply. >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
