Situations like this is the reason why I personally gave up completely on Angstrom. Availability on documentation alone is a huge killer. Or, if you prefer, the lack of documentation.
I run Debian on my own BBB's and the reason is simple. I've been using Debian since the 90's, have become very familiar with it, and there is documentation all over the web. Instructions / tutorials for x86 / ARM specific is mostly irrelevant, what works on one platform will very likely work on the next. Anyway, I am not trying to talk you into using Debian, or even out of using Angstrom. I am simply relating to you how I dealt with that situation. There are ports or ARCH Debian Ubuntu, Fedora, and BSD that all run on the BBB. I also probably missed a few too . . . pick one, or stick with Angstrom( and get used to hunting for documentation assuming it exists ). On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 7:28 PM, fabrguer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > I think I solved by updating (actually I also changed it) the router > firmware. This also made my Chromecast work much better ;-). > > That said I have issues having the connection configured properly, make > the Ip static and so on. I know Angstrom connection manager is Connman (the > system neglects /etc/network/interfaces file), but I haven't been able to > find a good guide online to use it. Any suggestion? Actually any good place > to go learn how to configure networking on linux (angstrom above all) will > be helpful. > > Thanks > > > > On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 11:01:56 AM UTC-8, David Marquart wrote: >> >> Do you have your ethernet cable hooked up too? I have read about issues >> with trying to use 2 DHCP addresses with Angstrom. >> Have you checked? >> ~# dmesg | grep wlan0 >> Maybe you can see it connecting/disconnecting? >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 12:21:50 PM UTC-6, fabrguer wrote: >>> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> yesterday night I had a breakthrough: I logged into the router and found >>> that it could not see all the devices connected (such as my laptop for >>> instance) and obviously beaglebone. I thought that was weird as I know for >>> sure wifi works for my laptop. I rebooted the router and the beaglebone was >>> recognized and I could connect. >>> >>> This morning I tried again and I could not connect, I had to reboot >>> again. >>> What is going on? Maybe there is some setting I need to change on the >>> router? I thought the router works well, we never had problems connecting >>> via smartphones and laptops. Seems like the network is fine as long as you >>> go straight to the internet without trying to interact with other people on >>> the network... any explanation? >>> >>> Btw this is my iwconfig output >>> >>> root@beaglebone:~# iwconfig wlan0 >>> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"wifi name" >>> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: >>> E0:46:9A:37:C9:AB >>> Bit Rate=150 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm >>> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off >>> Encryption key:off >>> Power Management:off >>> Link Quality=44/70 Signal level=-66 dBm >>> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 >>> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:11 Missed beacon:0 >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 4:18:31 AM UTC-8, David Marquart wrote: >>>> >>>> Can you post what you get with ~iwconfig wlan0. Iwconfig requires >>>> wireless-tools and I do not think that came on angstrom. That will tell you >>>> if you really are connected. >>> >>> -- > 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. > -- 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.
