Thank you for taking the time to respond. All excellent points, and I will heed them all in the future.
On Tuesday, July 8, 2014 5:17:59 PM UTC-4, William Hermans wrote: > > PaulM ( I guess ? ) > > You need to realize several things. First in this group the same questions > get asked all the time. For which there have already been appropriate > responses So searching the groups *first* *should be* what anyone needing > answers should do. > > Secondly, interjecting with what I could consider a very unhelpful > response is not exactly helping the group, or you. A proper response to > your post would be something like what Jesse Cobra responded with. "Well, > it works for me", and then nothing else. > > Your response was a complain in my own eyes, and then perhaps an attempted > insult comparing the Beagelbone with the rPI. So "useless complaint" fits > the situation very well I think. This is a group for the Beaglebone black, > not the rPI. > > Also, the person you gave a hard time to ( Robert ) probably very well > would have helped you if you gave more information, but the only thing you > responded to was "useless complaint". Not to mention he works very hard in > this community, and appreciated my many. Myself included. > > So keep these things in mind the next time you need help, and remember no > one here gets paid to answer questions on this group. > > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 11:51 AM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Thanks for the feedback - all good advice! >> >> >> On Thursday, July 3, 2014 8:31:02 PM UTC-4, jubishop wrote: >>> >>> I have http://www.amazon.com/Edimax-EW-7811Un-Adapter- >>> Raspberry-Supports/dp/B003MTTJOY and I also have >>> http://www.adafruit.com/products/814 and I'd trade a kidney to get >>> either of the damn things working. >>> >>> when i run `lsusb` they both seem to use the same driver: >>> >>> *root@beaglebone:~# lsusb* >>> >>> *Bus 001 Device 002: ID 7392:7811 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7811Un >>> 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]* >>> >>> >>> my logical device is wlan0. my etc/network/interface lines are: >>> >>> >>> *auto wlan0* >>> >>> *allow-hotplug wlan0* >>> >>> *iface wlan0 inet dhcp* >>> >>> * wpa-ssid [network name here]* >>> >>> * wpa-psk [password here]* >>> >>> >>> when i fire it up via ifup or boot, ifconfig reports: >>> >>> >>> *wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 80:1f:02:ee:68:ef * >>> >>> * inet addr:10.0.0.33 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0* >>> >>> * inet6 addr: 2601:8:a580:8d2:821f:2ff:feee:68ef/64 >>> Scope:Global* >>> >>> * inet6 addr: fe80::821f:2ff:feee:68ef/64 Scope:Link* >>> >>> * UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1* >>> >>> * RX packets:337 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0* >>> >>> * TX packets:355 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0* >>> >>> * collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 * >>> >>> * RX bytes:41326 (40.3 KiB) TX bytes:42056 (41.0 KiB)* >>> >>> >>> which you'd think would be good! my router hands out 10.0.0.* addresses >>> and 10.0.0.33 looks good to me. >>> >>> >>> usually at this point i can get one or two pings in, maybe 3, but that's >>> it. i also notice after a reboot i usually can't get any pings in to the >>> same url, but i can get a ping or two to a different url. then i'm totally >>> fucked. >>> >>> >>> so, i know i'm getting online fine, i can wget the google homepage and >>> view it successfully, but shortly thereafter i'm done. >>> >>> >>> i've tried adding a bund of other lines to my interface file, such as >>> wireless-rate auto, and wireless-channel 1 (or 11...i have two routers one >>> on channel 1, one on channel 11, but neither works any better. >>> >>> >>> i tried moving my wpa info to a wpa_supplicant.conf file per other >>> directions, but same result. pretty sure it's the same thing, >>> just different config files. >>> >>> >>> this is a brand new beagle bone black i just got from adafruit >>> yesterday. it is running debian 7 wheezy. >>> >>> >>> totally stumped. :( any help would be immensely 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
