Same setup on “old” and “new” boards, ie. running from SD, power, anything else you can think of? How old is old?
Don’t know if the bootloader could set anything relevant. Can you hold the BOOT/SD button when you first apply power and see? How old is old? Rev? On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 11:42 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/a9a3ffd8-98df-48ee-bb71-f6c8e3b8e2f4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- https://beagleboard.org/about -- 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/CA%2BT6QPmmY8pS5JpB1_6q0PEMcn6BrD%2BhGLRo-Pjr5zP92OnC4Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
