hello...i am a beginner in bbb.... can u guide me the steps through which i can set up wifi in beagle bone black...
i am using net gear wna 1100 wifi device with atheros97_htc driver..... please help me out Regards Sneha On Thursday, 29 August 2013 23:26:52 UTC+5:30, William C Bonner wrote: > > I've spent a huge amount of time battling WiFi issues with my beagleboard. > Due to a system crash, I've had to start again from scratch, pulling > together what has worked in the past from my notes. > > I started this latest build with the image > http://downloads.angstrom-distribution.org/demo/beaglebone/archive/Angstrom-Cloud9-IDE-GNOME-eglibc-ipk-v2012.12-beaglebone-2013.08.21.img.xzand > found that it includes firmware that works with my wifi adapter, so I > didn't have to search for that firmware. > > root@beaglebone:~# lsusb > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0409:005a NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1dh6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > Bus 001 Device 004: ID 13b1:002f Linksys AE1000 v1 802.11n [Ralink RT3572] > > I created a /var/lib/connman/wifi.config file with the correct information > for my local WiFi network: > [service_WimsWorld-5G] > Type = wifi > Name = WimsWorld-5G > Security = wpa2-psk > Passphrase = MyPasswordInPlainText > > I created /etc/udev/rules.d/70-wifi-powersave.rules following the > information in > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Power_saving#Network_interfaces , > paying explicit attention to the fact that naming the file matters! > >> In this case, the name of the configuration file is important. Due to the >> introduction of persistent device >> names<https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_Configuration#Device_names> >> via 80-net-name-slot.rules in systemd v197, it is important that the >> network powersave rules are named lexicographically before >> 80-net-name-slot.rules, so that they are applied before the devices are >> named e.g. enp2s0. > > ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", KERNEL=="wlan*", RUN+="/usr/sbin/iw dev > %k set power_save off" > > I've also modified /etc/default/ntpdate to include pool ntp servers for my > region and now the clock gets automatically set soon after the network > comes up. http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/use.html has information on ntp > servers to use, I'm set to NTPSERVERS="0.north-america.pool.ntp.org > 1.north-america.pool.ntp.org 2.north-america.pool.ntp.org > 3.north-america.pool.ntp.org" > > I hope this information is helpful to other people on the list. > -- 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.
