FDOM and WiFi
Michael Shiloh
michael at openmoko.org
Sat Oct 4 03:02:07 CEST 2008
After you set the ESSID you need to request an IP address via dhcp:
udhcpc eth0
Which is the last line in this command sequence:
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_WLAN#Manual_attempt
Vince M. Clark wrote:
> Network is open and I can see it. I tried manually configuring and it
> sets the essid but doesn't get an IP address. Is there something else I
> need to do to enable dhcp?
>
> root at om-gta02:~# iwconfig eth0
> eth0 AR6000 802.11g ESSID:"linksys"
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point:
> 00:0F:66:D2:BB:41
> Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
> Retry:on
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality:179/94 Signal level:-172 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:8
>
> root at om-gta02:~# ifconfig eth0
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:CF:8E:E7:AA
> inet6 addr: fe80::212:cfff:fe8e:e7aa/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:109829 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:14838 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:44459303 (42.3 MiB) TX bytes:146338 (142.9 KiB)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Shiloh" <michael at openmoko.org>
> To: "List for Openmoko community discussion" <community at lists.openmoko.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 3, 2008 1:44:57 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver
> Subject: Re: FDOM and WiFi
>
> At this point you can try manually configuring the wireless card:
>
> iwconfig eth0 essid linksys
>
> Does your network have an encryption key? How many letters? I think
> there is a bug that one letter keys don't work.
>
> If your network has an encryption key, I think another bug requires that
> you set the key before the ID thus:
>
> iwconfig eth0 key 123456789 essid linksys
>
> Let me know if this works and we'll update the wiki accordingly
>
> Michael
>
> Vince M. Clark wrote:
> > Here is the output. I can see the access point but it is not connected
> > even though in Mofi the circle is orange next to the access point.
> >
> > root at om-gta02:~# iwconfig eth0
> > eth0 AR6000 802.11g ESSID:""
> > Mode:Managed Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Tx-Power=0 dBm
> Sensitivity=0/3
> > Retry:on
> > Encryption key:off
> > Power Management:off
> > Link Quality:0/94 Signal level:-95 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
> > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
> >
> >
> > root at om-gta02:~# iwlist eth0 scan
> > eth0 Scan completed :
> > Cell 01 - Address: 00:0F:66:D2:BB:41
> > ESSID:"linksys"
> > Mode:Master
> > Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
> > Quality=15/94 Signal level=-80 dBm Noise
> level=-95 dBm
> > Encryption key:off
> > Extra:bcn_int=100
> >
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