Default OM settings, no lan messed up

[Rodney Myers]

On Oct 14, 2008, at 7:13 PM, Joel Newkirk wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:44:34 -0700, Rodney Myers <rdmyers at mtpalomar.net 
> >
> wrote:
>> On Oct 14, 2008, at 7:40 AM, Rodney Myers wrote:
>>
>>> How does the default WIFI  work with open/free wifi access?
>>>
>>> Would I be able to get connected to the internet with a wifi router
>>> that has dhcp working?
>>>
>>> I'd really like to get the OM functioning.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>> I just attempted to log onto a wide open wifi router. It did not go.
>>
>> Anything else I can try, to get the OM working?
>
> Put the following into "etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf" (and  
> below
> that edit "/etc/network/interfaces")and try "ifup eth0" manually:
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> eapol_version=1
> ap_scan=1
> fast_reauth=1
> # home:
> network={
>       ssid="NEWKIRK"
>       proto=WPA
>       key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>
> psk=118a8aa1abfc236ebb4df06e891172ccef6c72c7db0ad5540b7f4c77858378d4
>       priority=50
> }
>
> # Open:
> network={
>     ssid="any"
>     key_mgmt=NONE
>     priority=5
> }
>
>
> And alter /etc/network/interfaces to have the following:
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>    wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
>
> (I left my own network in there as an example of working WPA to a  
> Netgear
> router - I had repeated issues with it until I used the hex key  
> instead of
> text - and yes, that's actually the right key: I wouldn't refuse any
> Freerunner owner who wanted to leech my broadband, if they happened  
> to be
> down the dead-end road to my house ;)
>
> The higher priority numbers are used first if multiples match, IE at  
> home I
> can see an unsecured network from next door, but it will always  
> connect to
> my AP.  Elsewhere it will connect to whatever unsecure AP is  
> reachable.
> (In actual practice I've got three other APs defined as well, both  
> secure
> and not)
>
> j

Therein lies the problem. I have no shell access, and no access  
through the USB port, after I edited the /etc/network/interfaces file.

I was hoping that the OM would access a wide open wifi connection, so  
I could get ahead a bit.

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