[gNewSense-users] no wifi on fresh installation gNewSense MIPS

[elnecio]

hi,
finally i have gotten wireless internet to work.

1) configure properly the /etc/network/interfaces

 $ cat /etc/network/interfaces
 # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
 # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

 # The loopback network interface
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback

 # The primary network interface
 allow-hotplug eth0
 iface eth0 inet dhcp


 # wlan0 configuration
 iface wlan0 inet DHCP
 wpa-ssid NETWORK-NAME
 wpa-psk YOUR-SECRET-PASSPHRASE

2) after booting hold Fn+F5, this would turn on the system's wireless 
card
   (on my yeeloong, at this step, the wireless LED's indicator still 
don't lights up)

3) at root run:

      # ifup wlan0

 === output ===
 [ yy.YYYYYY] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
 Internet System Consortium DHCP Client …
 Copyright …
 All rights ...
 For info…

Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Sending on LFP/wlan0/00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
sending on Socket/fallback
[ xx.XXXXXX] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.xxx.xxx.xxx port 67 interval 4
DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1
DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.xxx.xxx.xxx port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1
bound to 192.168.1.102 -- renewal in 3036 seconds

and that's all

NOTE 1: after this the wifi LED's indicator lights up

NOTE 2: if you don't configure the /etc/network/interfaces file whit 
your
SSID and passphrase info at the 3) step the output is
   [ yy.YYYYYY] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
(and the wifi LED's indicator don't lights up) but this means the wifi 
card is working
(thank's cee1 and some folks of the Lemote company tell me this simple 
information…)

NOTE 3: if you have different access points you can manage them in this 
way:

1) configure properly the /etc/network/interfaces

$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
 # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
 # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

 # The loopback network interface
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback

 # The primary network interface
 allow-hotplug eth0
 iface eth0 inet dhcp


 # wlan0 configuration
 # home wifi
 iface wlan_home inet DHCP
 wpa-ssid HOME-NETWORK-NAME
 wpa-psk YOUR-SECRET-HOME-NETWORK-PASSPHRASE

 # work wifi
 iface wlan_work inet DHCP
 wpa-ssid WORK-NETWORK-NAME
 wpa-psk YOUR-SECRET-WORK-NETWORK-PASSPHRASE

 # university wifi
 iface wlan_uni inet DHCP
 wpa-ssid UNI-NETWORK-NAME
 wpa-psk YOUR-SECRET-UNI-NETWORK-PASSPHRASE


2) after booting hold Fn+F5

3) at root run:

      # ifup wlan0=wlan_home

or

      # ifup wlan0=wlan_work
or

      # ifup wlan0=wlan_uni

depending where you are


i hope this information can help someone want to use the yeeloong 
wireless
without desktop environment, network managers and alike

best regards

fstef