[yocto] wpa_supplicant on Raspberry Pi 2B

[Philip Balister]

On 10/02/2015 10:27 AM, Edward Vidal wrote:
> Hello all,I am using a Wi-Pi wireless adapter. 
> My image has the following packages installed.
> wpa-supplicant-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> wpa-supplicant-cli-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> wpa-supplicant-dev-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> wpa-supplicant-doc-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> wpa-supplicant-passphrase-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> Do I need any additional packages?
> My wired eth0 works okay.
> Which document has the most current information on setting up wireless networking?From the information at 
>  http://trac.gateworks.com/wiki/Yocto/Wireless
> 
> I modified my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf as below without success.
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> update_config=1
> 

Try modifying /etc/network/interfaces like this:

https://github.com/EttusResearch/meta-ettus/commit/da86e76d116798e386d073a18453aabb6179a09a#diff-063964fa6e41065c7868b13b1b1644eaR11

it seems wireless extensions are deprecated and you should use the
nl80211 driver now.

Philip


> network={
>         scan_ssid=1
>         ssid="myssid"
>         psk="mypsk"
>         proto=WPA
>         key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> }Below is the results I get when I run iwconfig.
> iwconfig 
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
>           Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           
> lo        no wireless extensions.
> 
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
> Thanks in advance.  Any help is appreciated.
> 
>  Edward Vidal Jr. e-mail develone at sbcglobal.net 915-595-1613
> 
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