Hi Aney, There are a number of USB-based Wifi dongles that you will first need to get and the drivers for Linux. Thinking from a pure non-Android Linux-ish way, you'd include the driver (either into the Kernel or module), enable the appropriate USB support in the Kernel and when the dongle is plugged in, the driver should do the necessary work to create the network (usb0) device..
>From there, you use "iwconfig" tool to configure the device just like you use "ifconfig" to configure the Eth0 devices. So, unless I'm mistaken, I believe as long as you have the drivers and the appropriate device creates, Android should use "iwconfig" and manage the device and you should be in business.. Regards -- Ashwin On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:09 AM, anantha krishnan <ananthkris...@yahoo.co.in > wrote: > Hi Ashwin > > Thanks for your input.By the way do you have any idea reagrding how > wifi should be enabled at filesystem level?I mean should anything needs to > modified at Boardconfig.mk for enabling wifi support? > > Thanks & Regards > > Aney > > --- On *Sun, 6/12/09, Ashwin Bihari <abih...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Ashwin Bihari <abih...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [android-porting] Enabling Wifi on Beagle Board > To: android-porting@googlegroups.com > Date: Sunday, 6 December, 2009, 6:50 PM > > The beagleboard doesn't have a WiFi solution on it. You'll need to use > a USB WiFi plug and then make the appropriate drivers available so > that Android can use it.. > > Regards > -- Ashwin > > > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Nishanth Menon > <menon.nisha...@gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=menon.nisha...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > > aney said the following on 12/06/2009 07:09 AM: > >> Hi all > >> Has anyone got Wifi up and running on either Beagle board or > >> OMAP3EVM Board?Can you tell me what are the things to be done in > >> enabling wifi support? > >> > >> Thanks & Regards > >> Aney > >> > >> > > You may want to first search the archives [1] then ask on that list. > > > > Regards, > > Nishanth Menon > > > > Ref: > > [1] http://groups.google.com/group/beagleboard > > > > -- > > unsubscribe: > > android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting > > -- > unsubscribe: > android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting > > > ------------------------------ > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! > Homepage<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_yyi_1/*http://in.yahoo.com/>. > > > -- > unsubscribe: > android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-porting%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting > -- unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting
