[raspberry-vi] Re: Wifi
- From: "Michael A. Ray" <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 02:01:44 +0000
Glenn,
I'm using wpa-psk. wep isn't strong enough for here.
Mike
On 20/03/2013 01:32, Glenn wrote:
> Mike,
> That command works in Raspbian as well I think.
> I had an error with that dhclient part too, I seemed to have better luck
> without that last part, the dhclient and what comes after.
> Try it like that, and maybe you will have success if you are using WEP.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael A. Ray" <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 8:11 PM
> Subject: [raspberry-vi] Re: Wifi
>
>
> Hello Glenn,
>
> I am not sure what the dhclient bit was in that command but that
> produced an error for me.
>
> I seem to be having more luck with Arch Linux. It has a 'wlist' command
> which scans for access points and reports loads of details about each.
> Protocols etc.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> On 20/03/2013 00:45, Glenn wrote:
>> Mike,
>> What I have done this week is to use my old router, and plug my RPI into
>> it,
>> and I plugged my laptop into the old router too.
>> So I SSH into the RPI this way.
>> Next I have a Belkin USB NIC and my RPI recognized it, and it seems to be
>> working too, as when I issue the iwconfig command you mentioned, I see my
>> network printer, my router, and some of the neighborhood routers.
>> Mine shows the SSID as hidden, and it is indeed hidden.
>> If you are only using WEP encryption, you can get your RPI to log into the
>> router with the following command, and it should all be on one line,
>> although it will wrap around on this example, and I will put a $ at the
>> beginning and end, but you will not use that:
>>> $sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid ? key s:? dhclient
>>> wlan0$
>> Note, I put question marks in place of the ESSID and the key, and the s:
>> needs to precede your key.
>> HTH.
>> Glenn
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael A. Ray" <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 7:26 PM
>> Subject: [raspberry-vi] Re: Wifi
>>
>>
>> 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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