Category:How to - wifi
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Wifi Configuration
The wifi configuration file is located in
/etc/network/interfaces
Creating an Ad-hoc Network
On startup using the interfaces file:
Open /etc/network/interfaces
Change the wlan0 config to
auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet static address 192.168.2.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 wireless-mode ad-hoc wireless-essid gumstix-network
Reboot
Using ifconfig and iwconfig:
ifconfig wlan0 down ifconfig wlan0 address 192.168.2.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc essid gumstix-network ifconfig wlan0 up
Running DHCP Server on Ad-hoc Network
Setting up a DHCP server on the ad-hoc network will allow you to connect to the gumstix without having to change your ip address.
Create a configuration file:
vi /etc/udhcpd.conf
Put the following in the file:
#start address
start 192.168.2.3
#end address
end 192.168.2.254
#interface to listen on
interface wlan0
#maximum number of leases
max_leases 64
Create the leases file:
touch /var/lib/misc/udhcpd.leases
Now run the dhcp server:
udhcpd /etc/udhcpd.conf
Connect to the gumstix ad-hoc network and you should notice that you have been assigned the start address in the config file above.
Pages in category "How to - wifi"
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