I have the wifi working on mine using the 4.14.55-bone16 kernel and the kernel drivers/firmware. That said, I think there is an antenna issue or something. I snagged an antenna off my BBGW and plugged into the little port and its still very picky about location. Depending on where I move it around, it won't pick up the access point.
Dan On Thursday, August 9, 2018 at 6:01:54 PM UTC-4, uk...@pdx.edu wrote: > > (I posted this before, but I wasn't a member of the group then, so I > deleted that post, joined the group, and am posting this again. Apologies > if this is seen as spam.) > > Hello, > > This post is actually with regards to the SanCloud BeagleBone Enhanced, > but there doesn't seem to be a specific forum for that board, so I'm > posting to its closest relative, the BeagleBone Black. > > I've been having trouble getting Internet to my BeagleBone, which is > running the latest image (Debian 9.4 2018-06-17 4GB SD IoT). Please note > that the WiFi card installed on this board simply does not work, as far as > I know, so that's not an option. I can get Internet if I simply attach it > via Ethernet directly to my router, but that is not ideal since I move > locations a fair amount. Ideally, I need to share my laptop's WiFi > connection to the BeagleBone, either over USB or Ethernet. (My laptop runs > Ubuntu 18.04) > > One major roadblock is that the web server (not sure if that's the > appropriate term) doesn't seem to boot up correctly when the board is > powered on and connected to my laptop. I get a notification on my laptop > that says "Network activation failed" or something to that effect, which is > usually accompanied by my desktop (GNOME) crashing and restarting. > Afterwards, the classic 192.168.7.2 doesn't work. Can't SSH in, and > visiting 192.168.7.2 on my laptop's browser returns a timeout. The only way > I can actually get into the BeagleBone is by using screen and going into > /dev/ttyACM0. And ifconfig on my laptop shows that the BeagleBone has some > incredibly long and weird registered name, not the eth[#] that it usually > is. > > That's the first problem. The second problem is that I'm not sure how to > share my laptop's Internet connection, since I'm pretty new to Linux. I've > tried following this > <https://elementztechblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/22/sharing-internet-using-network-over-usb-in-beaglebone-black/> > > guide, but that doesn't work, and various futzing around with sharing over > Ethernet in nm-connection-editor doesn't work either. I'm assuming that the > fundamental problem here is the first thing I described -- the failure of > the BeagleBone's web server -- which in turn is causing these auxiliary > failures with my Internet sharing. > > Anyone have similar issues or have any suggestions? Thanks in advance for > any responses! > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/8f9622d5-791f-4ae9-9a6f-3a261b601e7b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
