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Procedure to Enable Wireless USB Adapters on Electrum100

Electrum100 no longer needs a wired connection to communicate to the outside world. Wireless access to the board is a very convenient option for many practical scenarios where deployment is remote.

Electrum100 powered by a battery provides our Customers with an option to deploy and access the board without any wired connections, making the Deployment very easy and convenient. Feel Free to contact support@micromint.com for further queries and support. For product details visit our site at http://www.micromint.com.

The Following procedure helps in configuring the Wireless USB adapters for your Electrum100 board.

Tested on

- LINKSYS WUSB54GC Version 1; Chipset & Driver: Ralink RT2501USB / RT73

- BELKIN F5D9050; Chipset & Driver: Ralink RT2501USB / RT73

- SMC EX Connect g 802.11g Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter; Chipset & Driver: ZyDAS / ZD1211

1) Make sure that the Kernel has Configurations required to enable Wireless USB. ( In this example RT2X00, RT73USB, ZD1211 modules are enabled.)

CONFIG_CFG80211=y
CONFIG_NL80211=y
CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y
CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y

CONFIG_MAC80211=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_PID=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT="pid"

CONFIG_WLAN_80211=y

CONFIG_RT2X00=m
CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB=m
CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_USB=m
CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_FIRMWARE=y
CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_LEDS=y
 
CONFIG_RT73USB=m
CONFIG_ZD1211RW=m

CONFIG_RT73USB_LEDS=y

CONFIG_CRYPTO=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_ALGAPI=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLKCIPHER=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_MANAGER=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_ECB=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_ARC4=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_HW=y
CONFIG_CRC_ITU_T=y

2) Start Electrum100 with the newly Built Kernel.

3) Update the list of available packages, then install the firmware-ralink, wireless-tools, wpasupplicant packages:

Electrum100~# apt-get update

Electrum100~# apt-get install firmware-ralink wireless-tools wpasupplicant

4) Add appropriate lines for your wireless network connection and restart the board.

Electrum100~# vi /etc/network/interfaces  
#Wirless USB
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-psk password
wpa-driver wext
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-proto WPA2
wpa-ssid micromint

5) If not already performed, connect the device to your system.

The necessary kernel module should be automatically loaded. If necessary, it can be manually loaded using(example):

Electrum100~# modprobe rt73usb

6) Verify If your device has an available interface:

Electrum100~# iwconfig

Note: You can disable the Wired-Network by using "ifconfig eth0 down".

7) Bring your interface up. This will start wpa_supplicant as a background process.

Electrum100# ifup wlan0

8) To go back to Wired Network:

Electrum100/# ifdown wlan0

Unplug the wireless device and connect the LAN cable

Electrum100/# ifconfig eth0 up