From: Dominique Moreno-B. <con...@gm...> - 2011-12-07 03:26:15
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Hi, I have an Overo Earth COM, and I was wondering how I could go about adding wifi capability? I have tried Googling for more information on how to do this, but couldn't find anything to point me in the right direction. Would I have to add a wireless card onto the motherboard? Are there instructions on how to do this? Thanks in advance, Dominique |
From: Akram H. <ak...@aq...> - 2011-12-07 04:24:12
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Howdy Dominique, While I have not tried it myself, I suspect it would be relatively easy to add wifi to your Earth by using a USB Wireless adapter. There are many different ones to choose from, though you could narrow it down to those that are easily supported in linux. You may need to procure the appropriate kernel modules to get the thing working, but a variety of them ship with most Overo operating system images so it may not be as difficult as it might otherwise have been! Cheers, Akram *From:* Dominique Moreno-Baltierra [mailto:con...@gm...] *Sent:* Wednesday, 7 December 2011 2:26 PM *To:* gum...@li... *Subject:* [Gumstix-users] Adding 802.11 wireless to Overo Earth COM? Hi, I have an Overo Earth COM, and I was wondering how I could go about adding wifi capability? I have tried Googling for more information on how to do this, but couldn't find anything to point me in the right direction. Would I have to add a wireless card onto the motherboard? Are there instructions on how to do this? Thanks in advance, Dominique |
From: Dominique Moreno-B. <con...@gm...> - 2011-12-07 23:50:35
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Hey Akram, Thanks for the reply! I am aware that I could simply plug a USB wifi adapter into an expansion board, but as I don't have a USB adapter handy and would prefer not to buy one at the moment, I was wondering if anyone had manually added wifi capability to a non-Overo Fire board. It sounds like it shouldn't be too difficult, but I am just not sure of the specifics on how to do this. Dominique On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Akram Hameed <ak...@aq...> wrote: > Howdy Dominique, > > > > While I have not tried it myself, I suspect it would be relatively easy to > add wifi to your Earth by using a USB Wireless adapter. There are many > different ones to choose from, though you could narrow it down to those > that are easily supported in linux. You may need to procure the > appropriate kernel modules to get the thing working, but a variety of them > ship with most Overo operating system images so it may not be as difficult > as it might otherwise have been! > > > > Cheers, > > > > Akram > > > > *From:* Dominique Moreno-Baltierra [mailto:con...@gm...] > *Sent:* Wednesday, 7 December 2011 2:26 PM > *To:* gum...@li... > *Subject:* [Gumstix-users] Adding 802.11 wireless to Overo Earth COM? > > > > Hi, > > > > I have an Overo Earth COM, and I was wondering how I could go about adding > wifi capability? I have tried Googling for more information on how to do > this, but couldn't find anything to point me in the right direction. > > > > Would I have to add a wireless card onto the motherboard? Are there > instructions on how to do this? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Dominique > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization > This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and point > of > discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and packaging > model > of a cloud services business. Read Now! > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > -- -Dominique |
From: Alex G. <al...@al...> - 2011-12-08 22:54:07
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On 7/12/2011 2:26 PM, Dominique Moreno-Baltierra wrote: > Hi, > > I have an Overo Earth COM, and I was wondering how I could go about > adding wifi capability? I have tried Googling for more information on > how to do this, but couldn't find anything to point me in the right > direction. > > Would I have to add a wireless card onto the motherboard? Are there > instructions on how to do this? > > Thanks in advance, > Dominique > Use a usb wireless dongle. Which one depends on what you need. We're still using G dongles from edimax and belkin which work nicely with aircrackng and scapy. I'd suggest using a powered usb hub but they should work plugging them in directly. Make sure to pick a usb wifi dongle that is known to have linux support. Alex |