Hi Qipeng, That link was VERY useful and allowed me to get everything operational. I had all the pieces together except the trigger in WiFi.c to cause the dhcpcd to start up when I felt the WiFi device was available..
Thanks -- Ashwin On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Qipeng <zhang.qip...@furuno-dl.com> wrote: > hi, > > now i remember a URL about this, it will be useful for you i think. > > Japanese web: > http://labs.beatcraft.com/ja/index.php?bc9%2FSoftware%2FAndroid%2FAndroid-1.5r3#ed198993 > > On Feb 11, 8:15 am, Ashwin Bihari <abih...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Qipeng, >> >> I added a dhcpcd.conf file to the 'system/etc/dhcpcd' directory and it >> simply contains: >> >> # dhcpcd configuration for Android Wi-Fi interface >> # See dhcpcd.conf(5) for details. >> >> interface wlan0 >> # dhcpcd-run-hooks uses these options. >> option subnet_mask, routers, domain_name_servers >> >> In my init.rc file, I have a line to start up wpa_supplicant and >> another to start up dhcpcd on the wlan0 device. >> >> When I login to the device and type "ps", I see the various services >> that I'm starting up from init.rc, but I don't see the dhcpcd service. >> Should I have to create the directory where dhcpcd stores it's leases >> and all that as well? >> >> Is there some document that describes ALL the pieces that I need to >> setup for this to completely work? I appreciate the help.. >> >> Regards >> -- Ashwin >> >> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Qipeng <zhang.qip...@furuno-dl.com> wrote: >> > hi, Ashwin >> >> > there is some questions for your check. >> >> > (1) is there the right dhcp conf file on your file system? pay >> > attention to the interface of network, such as eth0 or wlan0. >> > (2) in your init.rc, is the dhcp set to the right permission, or a >> > proper directory for the temp data of dhcp? >> >> > good luck to you. >> >> > On Feb 10, 10:51 pm, Ashwin Bihari <abih...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Greetings, >> >> >> I have a board with onboard WiFi available through the SDIO slot. I've >> >> got the appropriate Kernel driver made available within Android 1.6 >> >> and through numerous searches have figured out what I need to do to >> >> get wpa_supplicant to come up and stay up. I can now goto the Android >> >> Network control settings area, turn on WiFi and can get a list of >> >> wireless AP's in my area. The piece that seems to be eluding me is >> >> DHCP. I get a message of "init: no service 'dhcpcd'" on the screen >> >> while Android is trying to obtain an address and it eventually times >> >> out and gives up.. >> >> >> I've also got a regular Ethernet port on this device and in my init.rc >> >> file, I'm running ethmonitor on that device and when I plug in a RJ45 >> >> cable, I immediately get the DHCP functionality to occur and an IP >> >> address to be assigned to me.. >> >> >> I have, however, tried to manually start /system/bin/dhcpcd on my WiFi >> >> device of wlan0 and that seems to kick start the DHCP process and it >> >> does get an address, but once added, the WiFi device removes that >> >> address.. >> >> >> What are the correct steps in getting the IP address assigned through >> >> DHCP to my WiFi interface?? >> >> >> Regards >> >> -- Ashwin >> >> > -- >> > unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> > website:http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting >> >> > > -- > unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting > -- unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting
