Fast questions (email, GPRS, WiFi...)

Jim Morris ml at e4net.com
Sat Jul 12 19:27:13 CEST 2008


I'll try these things but without a usb connection and ssh terminal they are all very hard to do
from the on screen terminal window :)

My access point shows up in the scan list, but does not connect, and I don't see and errors.


Russell Sears wrote:
> I do this:
> 
> ifdown eth0
> iwconfig eth0 essid "TheEssid" && ifup eth0 && ifdown usb0
> 
> I haven't setup wpa or even wep though...
> 
> - What does iwconfig say before you do udhcpc?  Did the card associate 
> with the access point (non-zero link quality)?  Did the card discover 
> the access points MAC address?
> 
> - What does "ifconfig -a" say after udhcpc?  "route -n"?
> 
> -Rusty
> 
> 
> Jim Morris wrote:
>> ian douglas wrote:
>>
>>> I havne't seen any wifi UI applicaiton yet. I SSH'd into my Freerunner,
>>> edited /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf to alter the essid and
>>> key, typed "ifup eth0", then unplugged the USB cable, opened a terminal,
>>> ran "ifconfig usb0 down", opened the browser and navigated just fine.
>>>
>>
>> I've been trying for several hours to get wifi working, it never seems 
>> to connect although it can see my station.
>>
>> I tried this too as it makes sense to turn off usb0, but that didn't 
>> seem to work either, I wrote this script to make it easy from console 
>> (I also tried ifconfig usb0 down)
>>
>> ifdown usb0
>> wpa_supplicant -ieth0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
>> sleep 10
>> udhcpc eth0 &
>>
>>
>> Any other ideas?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
> 
> 


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