Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Debian on Pogoplug Tutorial - Wireless Configuration

This is a continuation of my Hacking the Pogoplug v4 (Series 4 and Mobile) with Linux (Debian or Arch) Tutorial.



Tested Wi-Fi Adapters:

Wi-Fi Configuration for Debian on Pogoplug


#Add "non-free" repo
echo "deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free">>/etc/apt/sources.list


#Update repo
apt-get update

#Install required Wi-Fi packages and common non-free Wi-Fi adapter firmware
apt-get install wireless-tools wpasupplicant usbutils firmware-ralink firmware-realtek firmware-atheros

#Bring up Wi-Fi adapter. If you get an error, try rebooting.
ifconfig wlan0 up

#Scan available Wi-Fi networks
iwlist wlan0 scanning

#Update interfaces file with Wi-Fi configuration
nano /etc/network/interfaces

#Add the following to the end of the /etc/network/interfaces file
#Update "YourWiFiNetworkName" and "YourWiFiPassword" with appropriate values.


#/etc/network/interfaces
#auto wlan0
#iface wlan0 inet dhcp
#   wpa-ssid "YourWiFiNetworkName"
#   wpa-psk "YourWiFiPassword"



#Restart Networking Service
/etc/init.d/networking restart

#Check if Wi-Fi configuration successful
#Note the IP Address assigned to wlan0
ifconfig

At this point, you should be able to reboot and unplug the Ethernet network cable from the Pogoplug.

Notes: I don't use wireless with my Pogoplugs so have not tested Wi-Fi extensively. If you don't have a stable Wi-Fi connection, you may want to look into a Wi-Fi auto reconnect script. If I find a good script or method for Wi-Fi auto reconnect, I'll post it. If you have a good solution, please share via the comments.

If you lose Wi-Fi connection, plugging in the Ethernet network cable should work, but note that it may take 2-3 minutes for the Pogoplug to pick up a IP Address.

Reference: https://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x#Debian_7_.22Wheezy.22

112 comments :

  1. Hi, Qui:
    Thank you for your new contributions. Have you tried this on Debian successfully? I tried many times but never very successful. Eventually I put some heck there and it did the trick. However, if your approach tested working on Debian, I would like try it again. I think it will work on Arch with no problem but I don't want to switch platforms. Thanks.

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    1. Of course I verified the tutorial before publishing it. :)

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  2. Qui:
    Thank you for your quick response.
    I tried your approach also. Unfortunately, it has the same problem as before. There's no problem to ssh into the wifi ip address with the ethernet cable connected. However, if I unplug it, the wifi disconnected also. It will not work if I restart the Pogo mobile 4 without the ethernet cable disconnected. Not sure why.

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    1. Strange. What type of USB network card are you using? What's the content of your /etc/network/interfaces file?

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  3. I have struggled with this problem for a few months now.
    The USB wifi dongle is Edimax EW-7811Un. It works with RPi. Other 8188cus based card all behave the same.
    The interface file is simply:

    auto lo eth0
    iface lo inet loopback
    iface eth0 inet dhcp
    auto wlan0
    iface wlan0 inet dhcp
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    wpa-psk "..."

    I can only make it work by adding the following in the rc.local file before exit:

    if ifconfig wlan0 | grep "inet addr:" ; then
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    route add default gw 192.168.0.1
    fi

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    1. I would suggest trying again using a freshly extracted rootfs and then only following this tutorial. This will assure that the issue isn't related to some other services/package you installed. Chances are the issue is with your setup and not with the Debian wiki (or my tutorial).

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  4. O.K. I will try that.
    Another interesting thing is that it will work with my patch but when I upgrade the kernel to Bodhi's 3.16 or 3.17, the wifi didn't work at all. Have you ever tried that?

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    1. No, I have not found a reason to upgrade the kernel.

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    2. It somehow is working now. Let me see if it will stop working again, if ever.

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