A post by Robert C Nelson several months ago on this group . . .
*For a "mere" 2-3 more $'s you can get a WiFi dongle that'll work outof the box without custom non-mainline drivers that do not alwayswork.Atheros (atk9) based modules on amazon...tl-wn721ntl-wn722nJust search "wifi" in this group, for all the problems with those'tiny' wifi adapters...Regards,* On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 8:18 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > I have found realtek networking device in *NIX to be flaky almost always. > Linux, BSD, or Solaris. > > I am not using this particular rootfs, but > debian-7.4-bare-armhf-2014-04-01 with . . . > $ uname -r > 3.8.13-bone47 > > This for me works flawlessly. I am using the onboard ethernet device. The > only caveat is that I needed to set the proper nameserver in > /etc/resolv.conf. Which is nothing unusual. > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 7:10 PM, treedeegraphics < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I am wondering if anyone has experienced similar issues ???? >> >> I have a Beaglebone Black Rev B. >> >> I have flashed the Debian 2014-04-14 image that is posted onto an SD >> card and I boot it up ok, >> but I have been having difficulties trying to get various networking to >> work. >> >> 1. Using the on board ethernet does not work. It pretends to configure >> ok but it does not send packets out. >> Using dmesg I see the following issues after issuing an ifup eth0: >> [ 325.013469] net eth0: initializing cpsw version 1.12 (0) >> [ 325.016077] libphy: PHY 4a101000.mdio:00 not found >> [ 325.021246] net eth0: phy 4a101000.mdio:00 not found on slave 0 >> [ 325.027593] libphy: PHY 4a101000.mdio:01 not found >> [ 325.032737] net eth0: phy 4a101000.mdio:01 not found on slave 1 >> [ 325.046467] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready >> >> This looks like the onboard ethernet PHY is not properly supported in >> this image ?? >> >> >> 2. If I try using my EDIMAX (rtl8192cu) usb WIFI dongle it sort of >> works but seems very unstable. >> I also tried using a 2A power supply but it seemed worse than powering it >> from the computer USB. >> >> >> How stable is this Debian 2014-04-14 image and what should be my >> expectations at this point for various devices working ? >> >> Which Ethernet or Wifi works in a stable manner under Debian 2014-04-14 >> ? >> >> Thanks in advance! :) >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > -- 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/d/optout.
