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wifi on BeagleBone (white) and WL8 cape

Hailin Jiang
Intellectual 730 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: WL1835MOD

Hi 

I have followed the instructions here at http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/WL18xx_First_Time_Getting_Started_Guide_(Beaglebone). 

Then I downloaded the images http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/AM335x_WL8_release_download_page (Nov27 for BeagleBone). 

But ifconfig shows no wlan. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

-Hailin

  • 0
    TI__Genius 14212 points

    Hi Hailin,

     

    I just checked on my BBW +WL8 cape.

    You should see wlan0 with

    # ifconfig -a

     

    Regards,

    --Gunter

     

  • 0 in reply to Gunter Schmer
    Intellectual 730 points

    Thanks Gunter! I wrote both boot and rootfs to another microSD. With "ifconfig -a", wlan0 shows up. LED1 on the cape board is on after "ifconfig wlan0 up" command.

    -Hailin 

  • 0 in reply to Hailin Jiang
    TI__Genius 14212 points

    Great! You are doing the right thing. For boot.tgz and rootfs.tgz you should take the Nov 27 BB TI Cape WoW tarballs.

    With that you should be able to connect to an AP right away with

    http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/WL18xx_First_Time_Getting_Started_Guide

     

    If you need to start the WL18xx in AP mode, let me know. I have some scripts that starts it up in various modes, like MIMO20 for 2.4GHz or SISO40 for 5GHz.

     

    Regards,

    --Gunter

     

  • 0 in reply to Gunter Schmer
    TI__Genius 14212 points

    Hi Hailin,

     

    one correction to what I said, while I have the 5GHz mode script, the BBW WL8 cape is a 2.4GHz module only (WL1835MOD). We have the 5GHz module coming in second half this year.

    Sorry, did not want to confuse you.

     

    Regards,

    --Gunter

  • 0 in reply to Gunter Schmer
    Intellectual 730 points

    After running the command "iw wlan0 connect OpenGuest", I have received the following message, and the deauthenticated code 7. Code 7 indicates "Class 3 frame received from nonassociated STA". Then I tried a second time, this time is a timeout for authentication after 3 tries.

    Any suggestion? Where is possible problem, at our side or the AP?

    root@am335x-evm:~# [ 285.141387] wlan0: authenticate with 00:1e:4a:e4:7a:65
    [ 285.150054] wlcore: is_sta: 1 old:0 new:1
    [ 285.154846] wlan0: send auth to 00:1e:4a:e4:7a:65 (try 1/3)
    [ 285.194030] wlan0: authenticated
    [ 285.197387] wlcore: is_sta: 1 old:1 new:2
    [ 285.209503] wlan0: associate with 00:1e:4a:e4:7a:65 (try 1/3)
    [ 285.255523] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:4a:e4:7a:65 (capab=0x421 status=0 aid=118)
    [ 285.263732] wlcore: is_sta: 1 old:2 new:3
    [ 285.267913] wlcore: is_sta: 1 old:3 new:4
    [ 285.279052] wlcore: Association completed.
    [ 285.285156] wlan0: associated
    [ 285.288604] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: CA
    [ 285.574310] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: CA
    [ 285.580444] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
    [ 285.588989] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm)
    [ 285.597076] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 1700 mBm)
    [ 285.605194] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    [ 285.613281] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    [ 285.621368] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm)
    [ 285.631164] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:1e:4a:e4:7a:65 (Reason: 7)
    [ 285.638458] wlcore: is_sta: 1 old:4 new:3
    [ 285.642700] wlcore: is_sta: 1 old:3 new:2
    [ 285.646881] wlcore: is_sta: 1 old:2 new:1
    [ 285.651062] wlcore: is_sta: 1 old:1 new:0
    [ 285.663696] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
    [ 285.712371] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
    [ 285.717773] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
    [ 285.726318] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    [ 285.734436] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    [ 285.742523] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    [ 285.750640] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    [ 285.758728] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)

    Thanks,

    -Hailin

  • 0 in reply to Hailin Jiang
    Intellectual 730 points

    Never mind. After several tries, I am able to run through the instructions and could ping the AP at the end.

    -Hailin