Setting up Wifi is way more complicated that ethernet because of the wireless settings and then there is the security setup like WPA2, etc and that is done before you start with the regular IP settins. Best to search Google “beaglebone wifi setup” which has lots of examples. I know the first time I did this, it took me all day, but that was years ago ;-) I guess I’m not one of those “smart people"
Regards, John > On Feb 17, 2016, at 2:53 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hmm, I guess no one knows then. Either that, or I'm dealing with a bunch of > "smart people" here . . . heh. > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 3:10 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com > <mailto:yyrk...@gmail.com>> wrote: > @Robert, > > That not the point I was attempting to convey. I've never setup a wireless > device in Linux *ever*, so I've no idea if it is as simple as setting up > ethernet connections. With ethernet, I *always* manually set IP, gateway, > network, and all that in the interfaces file. > > Anything stopping one from doing the same with wireless adapters ? > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com > <mailto:robertcnel...@gmail.com>> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 3:56 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com > <mailto:yyrk...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Jason, > > > > Perhaps a Nodejs app linked in the getting started pages. That have "button" > > to switch on / off desired behavior. g_ether, g_serial, etc. > > > > Another thing I was curious about. Is why does a wireless network device > > need a network manager running at all ? I don't know . . .I've always used / > > preferred wired networking. > > I've seen a "device" with only wireless and usb-otg... > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > https://rcn-ee.com/ <https://rcn-ee.com/> > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > <http://beagleboard.org/discuss> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:beagleboard%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > <http://beagleboard.org/discuss> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
