[Freedombox-discuss] WiFi
Well, I was wrong. My Dreamplug arrived TODAY! :-)
Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin
On 06/16/2012 12:21 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> My Dreamplug will arrive next week. Looking forward to it! Keep up
> the good work! :-)
>
> Best regards,
> Rick C. Hodgin
>
>
> On 06/16/2012 12:06 PM, James Valleroy wrote:
>> So far I have gotten the interface to show up, and broadcast an SSID
>> in AP mode. I am not able to connect to it yet though. Here's what I
>> did:
>>
>> 1. Start with a Dreamplug file system built with freedom-maker.
>>
>> 2. Check the interface uap0:
>> root at freedombox:/home/fbx# dmesg | grep uap
>> uap_probe: vendor=0x02DF device=0x9104 class=0 function=1
>> uap_probe: uap_add_callback failed
>> uap_sdio: probe of mmc0:0001:1 failed with error -1
>> root at freedombox:/home/fbx# ifconfig uap0 up
>> uap0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>>
>> 3. Download and install the firmware from GlobalScale:
>> (Note: The download link below came from here:
>> http://www.plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=5847.0 )
>> root at freedombox:~# apt-get install unzip uaputl
>> root at freedombox:~# wget
>> http://spinifex.net/plugs/downloads/dreamplug/clwifi_modules_2_6_38_8.zip
>> root at freedombox:~# unzip clwifi_modules_2_6_38_8.zip
>> root at freedombox:~# cp -r mrvl/ /lib/firmware/mrvl/
>>
>> 4. Reboot, then bring up the interface:
>> root at freedombox:/home/fbx# dmesg | grep uap
>> uap_probe: vendor=0x02DF device=0x9104 class=0 function=1
>> root at freedombox:/home/fbx# ifconfig uap0 up
>>
>> 5. Use uaputl to configure the AP, by following the instructions
>> here:
>> http://www.plugcomputer.org/plugwiki/index.php/Setting_GuruPlug_to_be_a_WiFi_Access_Point
>>
>> fbx at freedombox:~$ uaputl bss_stop
>> BSS stopped!
>> fbx at freedombox:~$ uaputl sys_cfg_ssid "freedombox"
>> SSID setting successful
>> fbx at freedombox:~$ uaputl sys_cfg_protocol 32
>> protocol setting successful
>> fbx at freedombox:~$ uaputl sys_cfg_wpa_passphrase "freedombox"
>> WPA passphrase setting successful
>> fbx at freedombox:~$ uaputl sys_cfg_wpa_passphrase
>> WPA passphrase = freedombox
>> fbx at freedombox:~$ uaputl sys_cfg_cipher 8 8
>> cipher setting successful
>> fbx at freedombox:~$ uaputl sys_cfg_channel 0 1
>> Channel setting successful
>> fbx at freedombox:~$ uaputl sys_cfg_radio_ctl 0
>> Radio setting successful
>> fbx at freedombox:~$ uaputl bss_start
>> BSS started!
>>
>> At this point it seems like a client can connect, but does not obtain
>> an IP address. There are instructions on that page for setting up
>> routing and udhcpd, but I'm not familiar enough with that process to
>> troubleshoot it.
>>
>> Note that I am configuring the AP as a normal user, not root user.
>> This means that the following issue has *not* been fixed:
>> http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2010/05/msg00082.html
>>
>> Also this raises questions such as:
>> 1. Why is the extra firmware required?
>> 2. Can we include it?
>> 3. Should it be merged into firmware-libertas?
>> I don't know enough about firmware or how it's packaged in Debian to
>> answer these questions.
>>
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