If you can, and make your IP config static, the interface should come up faster. Also, although I am not sure what it is, I think there is a "fix" to shorten how long it takes for DHCP configs to come up.
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 4:52 AM, Russ Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
