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Title: 3.5.4 Internal Wifi On 6000?
Post by: rrnwexec on March 22, 2006, 02:30:33 am: Hi,

Can anyone suggest a reliable way to configure the 6000 to use internal wifi? I tried the "Network Setup" app under "Settings" in GPE, but the settings I made there don't seem to have an effect.

Thanks in advance.

Settings I made were as follows:
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Interface wlan0 Settings dhcp <.> Hostname (blank) WiFi device WiFi config for wlan0 ESSID MYNETWORK Mode (.) managed Channel (blank) WEP (.) open (.) Key 1 0x1234567890 ( ) Key 2 (blank) ( ) Key 3 (blank) ( ) Key 4 (blank) #ifup wlan0 [CODE]Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) : Set failed on device wlan0 ; No such device. Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) : Set failed on device wlan0 ; No such device. Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : Set failed on device wlan0 ; No such device. udhcpc (v0.9.9-pre) started SIOCGIFINDEX failed!: No such device[/CODE]
Title: 3.5.4 Internal Wifi On 6000?
Post by: rrnwexec on March 22, 2006, 10:33:54 am: Ok. I figured this one out...

If you are using 3.5.4 with GPE on a 6000, do not use the "Network Setup" app. It will overwrite the wireless configuration file in a way that breaks internal wifi.

Instead, modify the file /etc/network/interfaces based on the sample parameters that are already in that file, uncommenting out the pertinent lines.

Best Regards,
Randall.
Title: 3.5.4 Internal Wifi On 6000?
Post by: adf on March 22, 2006, 08:03:51 pm: how are you starting wifi? with a gui or with a command?
Title: 3.5.4 Internal Wifi On 6000?
Post by: rrnwexec on March 22, 2006, 11:16:52 pm: Quote
how are you starting wifi? with a gui or with a command?
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Unfortunately, I can only start the wifi via command line, as root:

ifup wlan0

This and the configuration bug above is likely a barrier to some getting more involved in OZ. If only there were an easy way to configure and start/stop interfaces...

Cheers,
Randall
Title: 3.5.4 Internal Wifi On 6000?
Post by: adf on March 23, 2006, 02:19:46 am: easier to just pop a menu entry into icewm on pdaX, really. Thanks
Title: 3.5.4 Internal Wifi On 6000?
Post by: CoreDump on March 23, 2006, 03:45:41 am: Quote
Ok. I figured this one out...

If you are using 3.5.4 with GPE on a 6000, do not use the "Network Setup" app. It will overwrite the wireless configuration file in a way that breaks internal wifi.

Instead, modify the file /etc/network/interfaces based on the sample parameters that are already in that file, uncommenting out the pertinent lines.

Best Regards,
Randall.
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Could you post a working version of /etc/network/interfaces for your Tosa's internal WiFi?
Title: 3.5.4 Internal Wifi On 6000?
Post by: rrnwexec on March 23, 2006, 04:46:03 pm: Quote
Could you post a working version of /etc/network/interfaces for your Tosa's internal WiFi?
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Here you go...

Network name is SPOOKYNET, configured with 64 (40) bit WEP. WEP key entered in hex.
wlan0 is the internal Tosa (SL-6000L) wifi interface.

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# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) # The loopback interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # Wireless interfaces iface wlan0 inet dhcp wireless_type wlan-ng wireless_mode managed wireless_ng_default_key_id 0 wlan_ng_key0 45:4f:22:e4:21 wireless_essid SPOOKYNET wireless_enc on pre-up modprobe prism2_usb pre-up /sbin/usbctl on 1 post-down /sbin/usbctl off 1 post-down rmmod prism2_usb # Wired or wireless interfaces iface eth0 inet dhcp iface eth1 inet dhcp # Zaurus usbnet iface usbd0 inet dhcp # usbnet from the other side iface usb0 inet dhcp
Title: 3.5.4 Internal Wifi On 6000?
Post by: rrnwexec on March 23, 2006, 04:51:47 pm: Quote
easier to just pop a menu entry into icewm on pdaX, really. Thanks
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There's probably an esay way to add a launcher to the OZ/GPE desktop, but I'll defer to the GPE experts for guidance on how to do that.

Maybe someone well-versed in GPE can write a little applet that fixes the 6000 Tosa wifi config and interface start/stop issues once and for all. That would be a big plus.

Cheers,
Randall.
Title: 3.5.4 Internal Wifi On 6000?
Post by: vorondil28 on March 23, 2006, 05:48:42 pm: Quote
There's probably an esay way to add a launcher to the OZ/GPE desktop, but I'll defer to the GPE experts for guidance on how to do that.
I've been wanting to do that for a while but haven't bothered to try it yet. If nobody posts how to do it, I'll take a crack at it this weekend and post the results. I've poked around the GPE docs a little but didn't see anything about it. It might be a matchbox thing though, I'm not sure.

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Maybe someone well-versed in GPE can write a little applet that fixes the 6000 Tosa wifi config and interface start/stop issues once and for all. That would be a big plus.
Indeed. Maybe someone could start a bounty for it. :-p I'd certainly drop a few bucks in if it ment having the internal wireless on the 6000L/W's working 100% without having to drop into rxvt.
Title: 3.5.4 Internal Wifi On 6000?
Post by: adf on March 23, 2006, 06:30:12 pm: this has been mentioned repeatedly since there has been a gpe for the 6000. possibly it is difficult to do?