(these steps are only tested on the BeagleBone Black rev B and C) USB WiFi adapterIt's a good idea to use an adapter that is known to work well with the BeagleBone, like the NETGEAR N150 (WNA1100) Step1 - Get the latest updatesIt's a good idea to get all the latest updates and drivers first:BeagleBone Black Rev C:
BeagleBone and BeagleBone Black Rev A/B:
And then reboot Step 2 - Configure WiFi BeagleBone Black Rev C: 1. Edit /etc/networking/interfaces 2. Uncomment the WiFi section and add SSID and password: auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp wpa-ssid "mySSID" wpa-psk "mypassword" BeagleBone and BeagleBone Black Rev A/B, confugure ConnMan:
[service_home] Type = wifi Name = yourSSID Security = wpa2-psk Passphrase = yourPassPhrase (replace "yourSSID" with the name of your network and replace "yourPassPhrase" with your passphrase. If you use wpa (and not wpa2), you must also change "wpa2-psk" to "wpa".
TipIt's a good idea to use a keyboard and monitor directly on the BeagleBone Black or the USB serial port connection or a wired serial port connection when working with the network setup. That way you don't lose your terminal every time you make some changes to the network setup. |
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