Can't install my USB Wifi Adapter (MT7601 Chipset)

[Jacob Aviña]

I have been trying to install my USB Wifi Adapter doing the following tutorial:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-CIGQYdk8ZhU3D3UCNn70jc7C9HdXvEZAsiNW71fGIE/edit

but when I do this, It sends me this error message:

root@beaglebone:~# curl -kO https://googledrive.com/host/0B_JlgOR4VNe0Sjg4ei0ySEY4aUE/mt7601.tar.gz

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current

                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

100   294    0   294    0     0    613      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   803

root@beaglebone:~# tar xzvf mt7601.tar.gz -C /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/ RT2870STA.dat

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format

tar: Child returned status 1

tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

root@beaglebone:~#

If I tar xzvf the file It says that it is not in gzip format, and if I do the file command it says this:

root@beaglebone:~# file mt7601.tar.gz

mt7601.tar.gz: HTML document, ASCII text

So it doesn't let me to open the file.

[Ivan Nazarenko]

Seems curl somehow is not fetching the correct file, and saves something like a "404 error" or whatever as the .tar.gz file.

Perhaps you could download the mt7601.tar.gz with a normal browser and later transfer it to the bone. This file downloaded here nicely, and is a valid gzip.

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[Jacob Aviña]

On Monday, July 14, 2014 7:12:34 PM UTC-5, ivan_n wrote:

Seems curl somehow is not fetching the correct file, and saves something like a "404 error" or whatever as the .tar.gz file.

Perhaps you could download the mt7601.tar.gz with a normal browser and later transfer it to the bone. This file downloaded here nicely, and is a valid gzip.

Thanks!! Let me try

[Casey Atherton]

Jacob, what distribution are you using?  If it is anything recent, it most likely already includes support for the wifi module.

[Jacob Aviña]

Thanks Casey! I'm using the:

• Debian (BeagleBone Black - 2GB eMMC) 2014-05-14 - more info - bittorrent - md5: 74615fb680af8f252c034d3807c9b4ae

I have just installed it yesterday in a SD card. The lsusb command shows me the wifi adapter conected but it doesn't work. And do you know why I can't find the connman directory in my bbb?

[Robert Nelson]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Jacob Aviña <jacob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Casey! I'm using the:
>
> Debian (BeagleBone Black - 2GB eMMC) 2014-05-14 - more info - bittorrent -
> md5: 74615fb680af8f252c034d3807c9b4ae
>
>
> I have just installed it yesterday in a SD card. The lsusb command shows me
> the wifi adapter conected but it doesn't work. And do you know why I can't
> find the connman directory in my bbb?

sudo ifconfig -a

should list a "ra0" device

then: in /etc/networking/interfaces

auto ra0
iface ra0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid YOUR-SSID-HERE
wpa-psk YOUR-PASSWORD-HERE

Connman is not installed by default in debian.

Regards,

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Robert Nelson
http://www.rcn-ee.com/

[Casey Atherton]

Jacob

The Debian image does not have Connman.  Instead, I believe it includes the Wicd network manager.  I would suggest trying the wicd-curses utility to configure your access point.

To make sure the wireless interface is actually up, type 

ifconfig -a

and make sure the 'ra0' interface shows up

[Jacob Aviña]

There is no interfaces directory, I don't know why

root@beaglebone:~# cd /etc/networking/interfaces
-bash: cd: /etc/networking/interfaces: No such file or directory

[Jacob Aviña]

It shows up in ra0:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 7c:66:9d:5a:56:57

          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

          Interrupt:40

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback

          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0

          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1

          RX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

          RX bytes:2928 (2.8 KiB)  TX bytes:2928 (2.8 KiB)

ra0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00

          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

usb0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 9e:b5:5e:e7:41:8d

          inet addr:192.168.7.2  Bcast:192.168.7.3  Mask:255.255.255.252

          inet6 addr: fe80::9cb5:5eff:fee7:418d/64 Scope:Link

          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:179 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

          RX bytes:17901 (17.4 KiB)  TX bytes:20066 (19.5 KiB)

I am going to try with the wicd-curses, thank you! 

[Robert Nelson]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Jacob Aviña <jacob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is no interfaces directory, I don't know why
>
>> root@beaglebone:~# cd /etc/networking/interfaces
>> -bash: cd: /etc/networking/interfaces: No such file or directory

"/etc/network/interfaces"

Finger slip in my previous email.

[Jacob Aviña]

Thank you Robert!!

[Jacob Aviña]

Casey, can you help me with the wicd-curses, I found this:

http://www.raspyfi.com/wi-fi-on-raspberry-pi-a-simple-guide/

But it is not for making my access point :S

[Robert Nelson]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Jacob Aviña <jacob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Casey, can you help me with the wicd-curses, I found this:
>
> http://www.raspyfi.com/wi-fi-on-raspberry-pi-a-simple-guide/
>
> But it is not for making my access point :S

One of the problems with "wicd-curses" and why i wish i didn't enable
it*. It can only handle one interface, so it's setting up eth0. So
you'll have to move that to /etc/network/interfaces first.

* It does boot faster, with how i set it up by default.

[Jacob Aviña]

Thank you again Robert, 

So can you help me with that?

What do I have to move to /etc/network/interfaces ??

How do I give a wifi IP adress to my bbb?

[Jacob Aviña]

Look, the adapter is working now but I can't make it ping google

ra0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 7c:dd:90:57:f8:d3

          inet6 addr: fe80::7edd:90ff:fe57:f8d3/64 Scope:Link

          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:730 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:182 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

          RX bytes:63563 (62.0 KiB)  TX bytes:18928 (18.4 KiB)

root@beaglebone:~# ping www.google.com

ping: unknown host www.google.com

[William Hermans]

Looks like it's only taking an IPv6 address. You should really learn how to setup networking on Debian.

google -> howto Debian networking -> https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration

do the same for wicd-curses, or whatever package that was you mentioned earlier.

Then use variations on the keywords like wifi, or wireless configuration and put it all together. That is the only way you're going to learn :)

It's not that I dont  want to help, but you're asking very basic questions that you can very easily be solved via a good google session.

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[Jacob Aviña]

Thank you William!
I'm so agree with you, I really like to learn but needed some orientation. Let me try your tips.

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