Can it really be this easy to set up the IOGear Wifi dongle?
I wanted to get this puppy running on a 7260 with the stock flash 2.4.26 system.
I started with this web page as a how-to guide:
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Wireless_networking
Then I began with the full Debian dongle booted since the flash 2.4.26 doesn't
have the wireless utilities installed. I found that I needed to copy over the
following items to the flash OS:
libiw.so.28
iwlist
iwconfig
I suppose you'd want the other iw utilities for completeness.
Then you need to:
insmod zd_b.o
It's zd_b.o on Debian but I think zdb.o is the same thing.
Then perform these two commands:
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist wlan0 scanning
I got a big list of routers in my neighborhood. Each entry starts with Cell ##
(e.g. Cell 01, Cell 02). I identified my Airport router in the list. (I also
wonder if three people running on the same channel is a bad thing).
Then I perform this command:
iwconfig wlan0 essid "My Airport Network"
I used quotes since my router's name has spaces in it.
Then I configure the WEP password:
iwconfig wlan0 key s:"my_routers_password"
And finally I assigned an IP address:
ifconfig wlan0 192.168.15.200 up
My router is 192.168.15.1 and the other computers on the network start at 100.
That was it. I could ping, telnet, and FTP into the 7260.
Now the question is how to get it to use DHCP or an Ad hoc network. Another
question is assuming that I get it up on DHCP and the 7260 doesn't have a
display or terminal connected to it, how can another computer find out what
address has been assigned to it?
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