From: nmelga01 <nic...@vi...> - 2009-05-27 20:00:11
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Hi, I am totally new to Linux and Gumstix, however thanks to everyone in these forums I have made steady progress until I tried to connect my Verdex to my computer using the Wifi Module FCC. I have followed the following instructions: http://www.gumstix.net/wiki/index.php?title=Creating_an_Ad-hoc_Wireless_Network but I haven't made any progress. Could anyone maybe point me in the right directions with some specific details in addition to those instructions? I'm pretty sure my wifi isn't booting at start-up. Thanks in advance. -Nick -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Wifi-on-Verdex-Pro-XM4-tp23749383p23749383.html Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Brad S. <bra...@ya...> - 2009-05-27 20:14:48
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I just went thru all this with my Verdex, so I can probably help you out. The netpro-vx will have a blue LED for Wifi that briefly blinks when the verdex starts up and the module is loaded. Did you get that? Are you using the kernel that came pre-loaded on the verdex, or did you bitbake your own? --brad ________________________________ From: nmelga01 <nic...@vi...> To: gum...@li... Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 3:59:14 PM Subject: [Gumstix-users] Wifi on Verdex Pro XM4 Hi, I am totally new to Linux and Gumstix, however thanks to everyone in these forums I have made steady progress until I tried to connect my Verdex to my computer using the Wifi Module FCC. I have followed the following instructions: http://www.gumstix.net/wiki/index.php?title=Creating_an_Ad-hoc_Wireless_Network but I haven't made any progress. Could anyone maybe point me in the right directions with some specific details in addition to those instructions? I'm pretty sure my wifi isn't booting at start-up. Thanks in advance. -Nick -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Wifi-on-Verdex-Pro-XM4-tp23749383p23749383.html Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gum...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |
From: Kit P. <kit...@gm...> - 2009-05-27 20:26:15
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Are you really wanting an ad-hoc network? Are you trying to connect to an already existing network provided by a WAP? On May 27, 2009, at 12:59 PM, nmelga01 wrote: > > Hi, > > I am totally new to Linux and Gumstix, however thanks to everyone in > these > forums I have made steady progress until I tried to connect my > Verdex to my > computer using the Wifi Module FCC. I have followed the following > instructions: > > http://www.gumstix.net/wiki/index.php?title=Creating_an_Ad-hoc_Wireless_Network > > but I haven't made any progress. Could anyone maybe point me in the > right > directions with some specific details in addition to those > instructions? I'm > pretty sure my wifi isn't booting at start-up. Thanks in advance. > > -Nick > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Wifi-on-Verdex-Pro-XM4-tp23749383p23749383.html > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT > is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity > professionals. Meet > the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & > iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like > Barbarian > Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |
From: nmelga01 <nic...@vi...> - 2009-05-27 20:31:17
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Brad Shaw wrote: > > > > "The netpro-vx will have a blue LED for Wifi that briefly blinks when the > verdex starts up and the module is loaded. Did you get that?" > > I did get that upon start-up. > > "Are you using the kernel that came pre-loaded on the verdex, or did you > bitbake your own?" > > I followed the "build environment" instructions on the gumstix website and > bitbaked the basic one. > > --brad > > > > ________________________________ > From: nmelga01 <nic...@vi...> > To: gum...@li... > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 3:59:14 PM > Subject: [Gumstix-users] Wifi on Verdex Pro XM4 > > > Hi, > > I am totally new to Linux and Gumstix, however thanks to everyone in these > forums I have made steady progress until I tried to connect my Verdex to > my > computer using the Wifi Module FCC. I have followed the following > instructions: > > http://www.gumstix.net/wiki/index.php?title=Creating_an_Ad-hoc_Wireless_Network > > but I haven't made any progress. Could anyone maybe point me in the right > directions with some specific details in addition to those instructions? > I'm > pretty sure my wifi isn't booting at start-up. Thanks in advance. > > -Nick > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Wifi-on-Verdex-Pro-XM4-tp23749383p23749383.html > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT > is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. > Meet > the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & > iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like > Barbarian > Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT > is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. > Meet > the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & > iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like > Barbarian > Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Wifi-on-Verdex-Pro-XM4-tp23749383p23750220.html Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Brad S. <bra...@ya...> - 2009-05-27 20:50:36
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you gotta go into the menuconfig before building your kernel. Enable the PCMCIA support for network devices in one of the menus. Also, ad-hoc mode runs really really hot, and for some reason the driver doesn't allow you to turn on the power management settings like it does in the other modes. You probably don't want ad-hoc mode if you are connecting to a WiFi access point. Probably want "managed" instead. And skip the udhcpd instructions on that page you referenced also. Your interfaces file would be something like: auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp wireless_mode managed wireless_essid access_point_name ________________________________ From: nmelga01 <nic...@vi...> To: gum...@li... Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:29:46 PM Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] Wifi on Verdex Pro XM4 Brad Shaw wrote: > > > > "The netpro-vx will have a blue LED for Wifi that briefly blinks when the > verdex starts up and the module is loaded. Did you get that?" > > I did get that upon start-up. > > "Are you using the kernel that came pre-loaded on the verdex, or did you > bitbake your own?" > > I followed the "build environment" instructions on the gumstix website and > bitbaked the basic one. > > --brad > > > > ________________________________ > From: nmelga01 <nic...@vi...> > To: gum...@li... > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 3:59:14 PM > Subject: [Gumstix-users] Wifi on Verdex Pro XM4 > > > Hi, > > I am totally new to Linux and Gumstix, however thanks to everyone in these > forums I have made steady progress until I tried to connect my Verdex to > my > computer using the Wifi Module FCC. I have followed the following > instructions: > > http://www.gumstix.net/wiki/index.php?title=Creating_an_Ad-hoc_Wireless_Network > > but I haven't made any progress. Could anyone maybe point me in the right > directions with some specific details in addition to those instructions? > I'm > pretty sure my wifi isn't booting at start-up. Thanks in advance. > > -Nick > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Wifi-on-Verdex-Pro-XM4-tp23749383p23749383.html > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT > is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. > Meet > the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & > iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like > Barbarian > Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT > is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. > Meet > the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & > iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like > Barbarian > Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Wifi-on-Verdex-Pro-XM4-tp23749383p23750220.html Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gum...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |
From: nmelga01 <nic...@vi...> - 2009-05-28 15:56:10
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Thanks for the tip about the managed and not ad-hoc. however, I don't know how to use menuconfig at all. Could you be a bit more specific? Thanks. you gotta go into the menuconfig before building your kernel. Enable the PCMCIA support for network devices in one of the menus. Also, ad-hoc mode runs really really hot, and for some reason the driver doesn't allow you to turn on the power management settings like it does in the other modes. You probably don't want ad-hoc mode if you are connecting to a WiFi access point. Probably want "managed" instead. And skip the udhcpd instructions on that page you referenced also. Your interfaces file would be something like: auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp wireless_mode managed wireless_essid access_point_name -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Wifi-on-Verdex-Pro-XM4-tp23749383p23764667.html Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Brad S. <bra...@ya...> - 2009-05-28 16:29:44
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It's something like this: bitbake gumstix-kernel -c menuconfig and if you are running Ubuntu, there is an additional tweak you have to make otherwise the window will close immediately before you can use the menu. do some more googling on the nabble archives for this list, there is a bunch of related posts. --brad ________________________________ From: nmelga01 <nic...@vi...> To: gum...@li... Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:56:03 AM Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] Wifi on Verdex Pro XM4 Thanks for the tip about the managed and not ad-hoc. however, I don't know how to use menuconfig at all. Could you be a bit more specific? Thanks. you gotta go into the menuconfig before building your kernel. Enable the PCMCIA support for network devices in one of the menus. Also, ad-hoc mode runs really really hot, and for some reason the driver doesn't allow you to turn on the power management settings like it does in the other modes. You probably don't want ad-hoc mode if you are connecting to a WiFi access point. Probably want "managed" instead. And skip the udhcpd instructions on that page you referenced also. Your interfaces file would be something like: auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp wireless_mode managed wireless_essid access_point_name -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Wifi-on-Verdex-Pro-XM4-tp23749383p23764667.html Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gum...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |