You are right! I studied the Debian documentation yesterday and modified my /etc/network/interfaces file, and it did work! It isn't fast to come up, taking about 90 seconds, and probably needs the 5V adapter connected, too. I made exactly the changes you put here. Quotes should be around the names in lines 3 and 4.
On Saturday, May 24, 2014 10:19:21 AM UTC-5, Trevize Daneel wrote: > > No, you don't need a monitor you should be good. > You can always check this site for your chipset : > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_wireless_drivers > also type dmesg to see if you have any errors > type lsmod to see if your kernel module is loaded > But ra0 is your network interface name and iwlist shows it which means you > have your dongle recognized. > Have you initialized you network interface? Type "ifconfig -a" to check > if you have ra0 listed.If so, add this to your /etc/network/interfaces > and reboot to and check again. > > > auto ra0 > iface ra0 inet dhcp > wpa-ssid YOUR-SSID-HERE > wpa-psk YOUR-PASSWORD-HERE > > > > On Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:29:57 PM UTC+3, Russ Hall wrote: >> >> The new Debian version did not change non-installation of the Wi-Fi >> adapter. I still can't figure out what is missing. Here is a sample from >> terminal: >> >> debian@beaglebone:~$ iwlist scan >> >> ra0 Failed to read scan data : Network is down >> lo Interface doesn't support scanning. >> eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning. >> usb0 Interface doesn't support scanning. >> >> debian@beaglebone:~$ iwconfig >> >> ra0 Ralink STA >> lo no wireless extensions. >> eth0 no wireless extensions. >> usb0 no wireless extensions. >> >> debian@beaglebone:~$ sudo ifup ra0 >> Ignoring unknown interface ra0=ra0. >> >> debian@beaglebone:~$ >> >> This installation is possible via terminal, no? Or must I get a monitor, >> keyboard, and mouse connected to BBB? >> >> >> On Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:34:39 AM UTC-5, Russ Hall wrote: >>> >>> If anyone could please write a small tutorial on getting this adapter >>> working on the Rev. C BBB it would be appreciated. It was said that Debian >>> already supported this hardware but it does not work. Compiling my own >>> drivers is not user-friendly! I downloaded the driver files from MediaTek >>> and it has 254 files in one directory. >>> >> -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
