Hi all,
I got my pine64 + 2gb model.
I boot the pine64 with Debian Linux with Mate GUI 20160422 by lenny.raposo with Longsleep kernel.
I have no experience with any of the Linux OS'.
How can I activate the wifi, and connect the internet ?
I did not try to connect, but on my mate installation I do have an icon on the right top side of a desktop (near the clock), that shows the network icon. If you click it you should see wifi card and wifi network. Just click one of them and enter the password.
open up a terminal window and type in the following
sudo iwconfig
then post the results here
well, I managed to connect to internet. But now, I cannot open any webpage. It looks like, it is loading but at the and it is failed to open.
I too had this issue and bringing down the ethernet interface fixed it as the ethernet, though disconnected, was getting some 192.168.2.0/24 IP address for reasons I cannot understand (no DHCP server is running on the device in this image).
If you are using exclusively wifi edit the network config and comment out the auto eth0 line to stop this happening in the future;
Code:
# The primary network interface
#auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
Where do I have to write this code ? To shell ?
uh, oh .. okay I solved it thanks ..
Lenny ... You're one of the GREAT wizards in Pinedom!!!
Played with a Pine for a couple of weeks - no networking. Now I just got my own Pine and am trying to get WiFi working but I can't find the device.
Using your: pine64-image-debianmate-31065bsp.img.xz - it boots up fine and works!
I'm plugged into ETH0 and am writing this NOW on the Pine on the internet.
WiFi module is installed properly. Per your 4/27 post, here is the "iwconfig":
$ sudo iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
$
My most sincere thanks for any and all comments, suggestions, and assistance.
Blessings in abundance, all the best, & ENJOY!
Art in Carlisle, PA USA
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EDIT: I have to make sure I disconnect the Ethernet cable when testing the WiFi ... DUH
I've made some progress in the last few hours ... I discovered I wasn't at the latest release, so I downloaded and burned it:
debian/debian-mate-jessie-20160501-lenny.raposo-longsleep-pine64-8GB.zip
It looks ok so far, and now I have wlan device
s - yes,
TWO of them -
wlan0 and
wlan1:
Code:
# iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=12 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
sit0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan1 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=12 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 7a:6e:63:ac:21:f1
inet addr:192.168.1.104 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::786e:63ff:feac:21f1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:83 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:9542 (9.3 KiB) TX bytes:14007 (13.6 KiB)
Interrupt:114
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:240 (240.0 B) TX bytes:240 (240.0 B)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 34:c3:d2:7b:45:0c
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 36:c3:d2:7b:45:0c
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
I certainly did NOT expect TWO of them, so now I'm at a loss as to where to go from here. The MAC address for the 'real' device has to be entered into my router Access List, and I have to connect to my wireless network.
EDIT: When I click on the network icon (top right of screen) I see the available networks, but I don't get a connection???
Thank you for any and all comments, suggestions, and assistance.
Blessings in abundance, all the best, & ENJOY!
Art in Carlisle, PA USA
OK ... the final key to the solution for connecting to the Internet with the WiFi link was disconnecting the ethernet cable and issuing:
sudo ifdown eth0
I'm not sure what I have to do when I boot up the next time, but at least I know it works if I'm persistent enough. I definitely want to be able to use either the wired OR the WiFi Internet connection.
Blessings in abundance, all the best, & ENJOY!
Art in Carlisle, PA USA
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