WIFI set up

[Yuefan]

Hi eveyone,

Could some one help me with the wifi/eth0 setup,
right now I am using the minimal linux system, and the problem is that
i don't have any modules or drivers for wifi and ethernet.
If I want to use wifi and lan, what can I do, and even if i have these
drivers, what script can i use for setting up the interface?

Thanks all

[ametller]

I'm not an expert in this area but you could try "sudo apt-get install wicd-curses". With this piece of software network configuration is a breeze.

[Yegor Yefremov]

On Friday, March 9, 2012 12:52:26 AM UTC+1, Yuefan wrote:

Do you mean your PC or Pandaboard?

See here:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/wpa_supplicant

[Yuefan]

Panda board, now linux is working on it, but it seems that there is no
driver or module for these devices.

[Nicolas Dechesne]

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Yuefan <fancy....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Panda board, now linux is working on it, but it seems that there is no
> driver or module for these devices.

it largely depends on what 'linux' you are referring to here.

if you use a recent mainline kernel.org , wl127x is there, it just
need to be added in the kernel config. the wlan firmware are also
available in linux-firmware package that you can install in ubuntu.

for a minimal system, i recommend using these instructions

http://omapedia.org/wiki/OMAP_Ubuntu_Core

if you don't want to mess up with kernel/bootloaders, use the proposed
prebuilt, otherwise follow these instructions to rebuild from
'mainline'.

http://omapedia.org/wiki/OMAP_Ubuntu_Core#Kernel_and_Bootloaders.2C_do_it_yourself_instead_of_using_prebuilt_binaries