[raspberry-vi] Re: Wifi
- From: "Michael A. Ray" <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:26:10 +0000
Hello Glenn,
I'm tearing my hair out here. I thought maybe the essid was the name of
my AP, I've called mine MIKES_AP.
I think it is sort of working because when I do this:
sudo iwconfig wlan0
I get reports of 100% signal strength etc but it never appears on my
router and I can't SSH to it if I pull out the network cable.
I am amazed at the small size of these things. I'm glad they are going
to stay plugged into the Raspis because otherwise I'd lose them. The
business end is smaller than the bit that plugs in.
Mike
On 20/03/2013 00:11, Glenn wrote:
> Mike,
> The ESSID is the SSID of your home network, like maybe it is called
> MikesPlace.
> And it seems to me that you need to edit a wpa_supplicant file with the SSID
> and router key, which is the pass key you use the first time you log into
> your home network with a new computer.
> I would like to be able to use the wpa_supplicant, with a command line
> string of the log-in data.
> I also discovered another tool that is already on your RPI called:
> wpa_cli
> This one seems to have command-line options, but I don't understand it.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael A. Ray" <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 4:55 PM
> Subject: [raspberry-vi] Wifi
>
>
> Hello list,
>
> I got a couple of wifi dongles through the post today in an effort to
> reduce the amount of spaghetti that lays across my desk.
>
> But I'm having a lot of trouble with getting the things to work.
>
> The two Raspis are no more than a foot away from the access point here
> because the hub is on the windows sill just to the right of my desk.
>
> One thing I am confused about is whether the 'essid' argument to
> iwconfig should be the name of my access point?
>
> And I have yet to understand wpa_supplicant and how I can get my Raspis
> to connect to my wifi AP automatically on boot.
>
> Mike
>
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