WiFi module

john0815 · Published in 2015-1-25 22:37:09

Edited by john0815 at 2015-1-25 22:38

I start with modified script.bin and see with lsusb:

root@bananapi ~ # lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. 4-Port HUB
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e3:0660 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0461:0010 Primax Electronics, Ltd HP Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
root@bananapi ~ #

with dmesg:

37.903939] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using sw-ehci
[ 38.066162] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8179
[ 38.079275] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 38.090127] usb 3-1: Product: 802.11n WLAN NIC
[ 38.097836] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Realtek
[ 38.202771] sw_usb_enable_hcd: usbc_num = 1
[ 38.360863] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8188eu
571.471952] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

with iwconfig I get:
root@bananapi ~ # iwconfig
lo       no wireless extensions.

tunl0    no wireless extensions.

wlan0    unassociated  Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
      Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
      Sensitivity:0/0
      Retry

ff RTS thr

ff Fragment thr

ff
Encryption key

ff
Power Management

ff
      Link Quality=0/100  Signal level=0 dBm  Noise level=0 dBm
      Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
      Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

eth0    no wireless extensions.

When I enter ifconfig I get:

root@bananapi ~ # ifconfig
eth0    Link encap:Ethernet  Hardware Adresse 02:85:08:82:f6:3e
      inet Adresse:10.0.0.1  Bcast:10.0.0.255  Maske:255.255.255.0
      inet6-Adresse: fe80::85:8ff:fe82:f63e/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung
      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metrik:1
      RX packets:1873 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:1434 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
      RX bytes:1126877 (1.0 MiB)  TX bytes:327622 (319.9 KiB)
      Interrupt:117 Basisadresse:0xc000

lo       Link encap

okale Schleife
      inet Adresse:127.0.0.1  Maske:255.0.0.0
      inet6-Adresse: ::1/128 Gültigkeitsbereich:Maschine
      UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metrik:1
      RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:0
      RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

If I enter:

ip link set wlan0 up

with ifconfig I get now:

root@bananapi ~ # ifconfig
eth0    Link encap:Ethernet  Hardware Adresse 02:85:08:82:f6:3e
      inet Adresse:10.0.0.1  Bcast:10.0.0.255  Maske:255.255.255.0
      inet6-Adresse: fe80::85:8ff:fe82:f63e/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung
      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metrik:1
      RX packets:2365 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:1845 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
      RX bytes:1381063 (1.3 MiB)  TX bytes:404934 (395.4 KiB)
      Interrupt:117 Basisadresse:0xc000

lo       Link encap

okale Schleife
      inet Adresse:127.0.0.1  Maske:255.0.0.0
      inet6-Adresse: ::1/128 Gültigkeitsbereich:Maschine
      UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metrik:1
      RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:0
      RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0    Link encap:Ethernet  Hardware Adresse ac:a2:13:5a:f7:b2
      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metrik:1
      RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
      RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

with iwlist scan I get:
237 root@bananapi ~ # iwlist scan

lo       Interface doesn't support scanning.

tunl0    Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0    Scan completed :
      Cell 01 - Address: 84:26:15:21:EB:96
                  ESSID:"A1-21eb91"
                  Protocol:IEEE 802.11bgn
                  Mode:Master
                  Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                  Encryption key

n
                  Bit Rates:144 Mb/s
                  Extra:wpa_ie=dd1c0050f20101000050f20202000050f2040050f20201000050f2020c00
                  IE: WPA Version 1
                     Group Cipher : TKIP
                     Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                     Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                  Extra:rsn_ie=30180100000fac020200000fac04000fac020100000fac020c00
                  IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                     Group Cipher : TKIP
                     Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                     Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                  Quality=64/100  Signal level=-56 dBm

eth0    Interface doesn't support scanning.

but Wicd Manager will not find a wireless Lan.

My question:
Has anyone a solution for a working conecting to wlan
and
How can I automatically do this.

thank you

Tankafaire · Published in 2015-1-25 22:52:06

Edited by Tankafaire at 2015-1-25 15:54

If you are with WPA pass, try to change /etc/network/interfaces like this:

allow-hotplug wlan0
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid "your_ssid"
wpa-psk "your_keypass"

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I've edited with wlan0

Tankafaire · Published in 2015-1-25 22:58:06

And for an automatically connection, you can use a graphical app:

sudo apt-get install wicd

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then you click on 'setting' and you set wlan0

ryba84 · Published in 2015-1-25 23:33:50

Edited by ryba84 at 2015-1-25 23:37

Ok. All working on kernel builded from sources: https://github.com/dan-and/linux-sunxi. The gpio ports are on another location but it works. Now I'm trying to add hw acceleration for full working desktop. I'm using sources more linux-sunxi friendly, because I want my image to be more uniwersal.

Tankafaire · Published in 2015-1-25 23:43:09

This depo don't work with me, only this one: https://github.com/silentcreek/bananapi-kernel

Anyway, if you can write a tuto for the GPU it should be great!

ryba84 · Published in 2015-1-26 00:06:48

Edited by ryba84 at 2015-1-26 01:32

I've working build system for debian packeges (I've used this on cubieboard before CPU dead). Theoretically I should have full working Debian Jessy tommorow

EDIT:
I don't know why banana pi patches aren't merged into linux-sunxi.

FransM · Published in 2015-1-26 02:43:59

This did not work for me.
I could export gpio89, but I can't write a value to it.

[root@localhost gpio89]# echo "out" > direction
bash: echo: write error: Unknown error 517

Value remains "in"
I tried out with and without quotes.
This is the 3.17.8 from Fedora core 21

ryba84 · Published in 2015-1-26 02:47:20

The 3.17 doesn't fully support our SOC. I've no clue where is the problem. For full support for Allwinner A20 You should use banana pi/linux-sunxi 3.4 kernel.

igorpec · Published in 2015-1-26 02:52:18

I have found one dirty workaround which is little better. It's done inside fex so you bootup with Wireless.

[leds_para]
leds_used = 0
leds_num = 1
leds_pin_1 = port:PH22<1><default><default><0>
leds_name_1 = "green:ph24:led1"
leds_default_1 = 1
leds_trigger_1 = "default-on"

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igorpec · Published in 2015-1-26 03:07:22

Performance: Router = Tplink WDR 3600

Not bad at all.

[ ID] Interval    Transfer    Bandwidth
[  3]  0.0-19.1 sec 512 KBytes 220 Kbits/sec
[ ID] Interval    Transfer    Bandwidth
[  3]  0.0-17.1 sec 384 KBytes 184 Kbits/sec
[ ID] Interval    Transfer    Bandwidth
[  3]  0.0-19.2 sec 512 KBytes 218 Kbits/sec

Driver version:

8188eu
v4.1.2_4787.20120803

It's in my kernel by default.