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How to connect with wifi ? - yirmidokuz - 04-27-2016

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 ?

RE: How to connect with wifi ? - baryluk - 04-27-2016

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.

RE: How to connect with wifi ? - lenny.raposo-pine64.pro - 04-27-2016

open up a terminal window and type in the following

sudo iwconfig

then post the results here

RE: How to connect with wifi ? - yirmidokuz - 04-29-2016

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.

RE: How to connect with wifi ? - Bio - 04-29-2016

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).
Code:
ifdown eth0


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


RE: How to connect with wifi ? - yirmidokuz - 04-30-2016

Where do I have to write this code ? To shell ?

uh, oh .. okay I solved it thanks ..

RE: How to connect with wifi ? - Webtest - 05-07-2016

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

RE: How to connect with wifi ? - Webtest - 05-07-2016

Esteemed Forum Participants and Lurkers:
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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 devices - 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

RE: How to connect with wifi ? - Webtest - 05-07-2016

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

BOAT:  A hole in water that you pour MONEY into.
LINUX:  A hole in your LIFE that you pour TIME into.

RE: How to connect with wifi ? - lenny.raposo-pine64.pro - 05-07-2016

Ladies and gentlemen a new release comes out today that will address all the issues Wink
And it includes kodi on the DE systems