After fiddling around, this works with newer BBB boards and the same dongle. The connmanctl instructions in /etc/network/interfaces work just fine, with newer boards. Any idea what is different about older BBBs? I did this on a power plug. They all have Robotics Capes and the newer ones will do WiFi when running off the battery. Clark
On Thursday, March 22, 2018 at 3:32:09 PM UTC-7, Hugh Briggs wrote: > > Yes I know this is an old topic, or chronic. I am trying to revive a batch > of BBBs. I got the current image and am running them off an SD card. I have > the USB Wifi dongles from back in the day. By memory we got them to work ok > enough. Where can I find the current BBB wifi setup instructions? This has > changed a number of times over the migration to current Debian. The dongle > isn't technically on the supported list. It is labeled Comfast CF-WU720N. > The manufacturer's web site says it uses the Raylink 5370 chipset. On boot > it is identified and invokes the rt2800usb kernel module. The dongle has a > little blue activity or power light that doesn't come on now. By memory, > this all worked but we had some initial issues with power management or > something that controlled turning it on. I'd really like to use them. > Pointers would be appreciated. > Clark > > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/a9a3ffd8-98df-48ee-bb71-f6c8e3b8e2f4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
