WiFi

To see your wireless configuration use iwconfig command.

 # iwconfig
 lo        no wireless extensions.
 
 eth0      no wireless extensions.
 
 sit0      no wireless extensions.
 
 wmaster0  no wireless extensions.
 
 wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""  
           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
           Tx-Power=0 dBm   
           Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B   
           Encryption key:off
           Power Management:off
           Link Quality:0/100  Signal level:112/146  Noise level:0/0
           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

To configure WiFi cryptography, only WEP can be set as is. If you want to configure dongle for WPA, install [http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/ wpa_supplicant].

WEP configuration

Note : to see all access point available for your apf, use iwlist command :

 # iwlist scanning

This example is given for a WiFi Access Point named armadeus, but the key is false of course ;) :

 # iwconfig wlan0 essid armadeus
 # iwconfig wlan0 key 12345678901234567890
 # ifconfig wlan0 up
 firmware: requesting rt73.bin
 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
 # ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready

Now, the WiFi adapter is ready and attached :

 # iwconfig
 lo        no wireless extensions.
 
 eth0      no wireless extensions.
 
 sit0      no wireless extensions.
 
 wmaster0  no wireless extensions.
 
 wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"armadeus"  
           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:1B:2F:E7:E4:08   
           Bit Rate=2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=7 dBm   
           Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B   
           Encryption key:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX   Security mode:restricted
           Power Management:off
           Link Quality:0/100  Signal level:73/146  Noise level:0/0
           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
 

We can configure the network to access internet via the WiFi interface instead of the Ethernet one :

 # ifconfig eth0 down
 # ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.212
 # route add default gw 192.168.0.1 dev wlan0

And configure the nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf

 domain dev.null
 nameserver 192.168.0.207
 ~                   
 ~
 ~

We can now ping the best website in the world :

 # ping www.armadeus.org
 PING www.armadeus.org (213.186.33.5): 56 data bytes
 64 bytes from 213.186.33.5: seq=0 ttl=122 time=66.735 ms
 64 bytes from 213.186.33.5: seq=1 ttl=122 time=50.392 ms
 ^C
 --- www.armadeus.org ping statistics ---
 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
 round-trip min/avg/max = 50.392/58.563/66.735 ms

Surf on the net

To surf on the web, you can use links software :

 # links www.armadeus.org

It's an ASCII internet browser.

Links

• USB to WiFi adapters tested with Armadeus boards