[arm-allstar] Pi2 wifi question

[Chuck Kraly]

Awesome Chris. That is goods to know. I was just trying to "minimize the
foot print as this rptr is a 900 machine I have in a pelican case.
Duplexers and 2 Kenwood mobiles. I will stick with the IO Gear.


On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Christopher Kovacs <w0anm73 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Chuck,
>
> The wireless setup for the Pi2 is not ready in this release. There are a
> number of caveats when using the wireless usb devices. You do need to
> update the wpa_supplicate service with custom version and setup the
> appropriate files.   You can't use the BBB wireless method (netctl) as the
> network is controlled by systemd and they do not play nice together.
>
> I do have a working wifi setup but it's not ready for general
> distribution; also it only supports dhcp for IP address assignment for both
> wireless and eth0. Currently, this setup does not allow for static IP
> assignments.  At this point, your best solution is to stay with the GWU IO
> gear dongle.
>
> 73,
>
> Chris w0anm
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Chuck Kraly <k0xm at byrg.net> wrote:
>
>> Ok everyone I have a wee problem, and have searched and tried what I
>> found on the web but no joy YET.
>> I switched from a BBB to a Pi2 this weekend and love it. It boots MUCH
>> faster than the BBB.
>> I am presently running the GWU IO Gear dongle but would like to use the
>> ASUS N10 I had on the BBB. I can get it to load and operate using wifi-menu
>> -o for the setup and can manually intialize it, but cannot seem to add it
>> to the boot menu. I have tried the netctl commands suggested on some web
>> pages but it will not activate on boot. Is there a certain way to kickstart
>> it on the Pi2?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chuck K0XM
>> Backyard Repeater Group
>> k0xm at byrg.net
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Chuck K0XM
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