wifi issue on CuBox-i4Pro

[thisismynameMember]

Hi,

I’m still unable to get the integrated wifi of the CuBox-i4Pro running. I even wrote the following “script” to try various combinations of /etc/network2-combinations:

# cat wlan0_downup.sh
#!/bin/bash
vi /etc/network2
ifconfig wlan0 down
ifconfig wlan0 up
sleep 2
ifconfig

Currently I’m connected via cable (/etc/network-configuration file). Working perfectly.
I’m running a straight forward standard user environment with dhcp. So this is the current /etc/network2 what I think is correct:

# cat /etc/network2
ENABLE="true"
NETWORK_BACKEND="connman"
NETWORK="WLAN"
IFACE="B8:5A:F7:82:AB:A6"
ADDRESS=""
GATEWAY=""
DNS_SERVER=""
SSID="myWifisSSID"
HIDDEN=""
SECURITY="PSK"
PASSPHRASE="passwordInCleartext"

Nothing worked till now. So what else did I try?
* NETWORK_BACKEND => udhcpc # no change
* IFACE => wlan0 # currently using the wifis mac
* ADDRESS/GATEWAY/DNS_SERVER => to a static value
* SSID => I have two different wifis running, both don’t work
* SECURITY => also tried WPA and RSN (‘iwlist wlan0 scan’ showing PSK should be fine)
* PASSPHRASE => I just wrote the cleartext passwort here, tried nothing else
* executing ‘iwlist wlan0 scan’ shows all the available networks, so the kernel module is perfectly loaded everything should work

My Questions:
* I diagnosed the wifi is not working because ifconfig showed no ip-address for wlan0 => this assumption is correct, is it?
* I assume ‘ifconfig wlan0 down; ifconfig wlan0 up;’ reloads the config, correct?
* I assume it should be possible to get LAN and WLAN interface running at the same time? (with configuretion files /etc/network and /etc/network2)
* Do I have to transform the password (hash it or sth)?
* Are there any further logs from which I could get more information?

Anyone having some suggestions how to get further with my problem?

greeeetz

[Warped RudiModerator]

There are problems running bluetooth and WiFi at the same time. Try to disable bluetooth by executing:

# systemctl mask bluetooth

and reboot. If you use WPA2 on your network, select “RSN” security.

[thisismynameMember]

Hi Rudi,

thx for the answer, but didn’t help either… Tried various combinations of IFACE/SECURITY.

But I checked dmesg and for me it doesn’t look like bluetooth is disabled:

ystemd-udevd[159]: starting version 210
systemd-journald[148]: Received request to flush runtime journal from PID 1
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
ERROR: v4l2 capture: slave not found!
ERROR: v4l2 capture: slave not found!
brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware version = wl0: Oct 25 2011 19:34:12 version 5.90.125.104
brcmfmac: brcmf_fil_cmd_data: Failed err=-23
brcmfmac: brcmf_fil_cmd_data: Failed err=-23
brcmfmac: brcmf_fil_cmd_data: Failed err=-23
brcmfmac: brcmf_fil_cmd_data: Failed err=-23
fec 2188000.ethernet eth0: Freescale FEC PHY driver [Atheros 8035 ethernet] (mii_bus:phy_addr=2188000.ethernet:00, irq=-1)
brcmfmac: brcmf_add_if: ERROR: netdev:wlan0 already exists
brcmfmac: brcmf_add_if: ignore IF event
brcmfmac: brcmf_fil_cmd_data: Failed err=-23
brcmfmac: brcmf_construct_reginfo: channel 1: f=2412 bw=0 sb=-593183156
brcmfmac: brcmf_construct_reginfo: channel 2: f=2417 bw=0 sb=-593183156
Bluetooth: Core ver 2.16
NET: Registered protocol family 31
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
libphy: 2188000.ethernet:00 - Link is Up - 1000/Full
nr_pdflush_threads exported in /proc is scheduled for removal
sysctl: The scan_unevictable_pages sysctl/node-interface has been disabled for lack of a legitimate use case.  If you have one, please send an email to [email protected].

But before the whole dmesg has been full of bluetooth error messages, so sth changed…

greetz

[Warped RudiModerator]

Due to the line I mentioned the bluetooth hardware will not be initialized any more. However, some of the higher level components are still started. The ‘Failed err=-23′ messages are pretty much normal due to the sub-optimal state of the kernel driver. I use to connect to a WPA2 network:

NETWORK="WLAN"
IFACE="wlan0"
SECURITY="RSN"
SSID="mySSID"
HIDDEN=""
PASSPHRASE="myPassphrase"

Note, that I have added this to “/etc/network”, not “/etc/network2″.

[thisismynameMember]

OK, so I assumed the /etc/network2 file to work because it has been there from distribution side. But maybe that’s the problem!
Then the Question should be:
Is it possible to define two network interfaces and how is this done?
The other problem is, that it’s not really testable, because if i loose network connectivity due to the fact described in http://www.geexbox.org/forum/topic/cubox-i-terminal-access-problem/ => No network, no chance to configure anything… Anyone having a solution for this?

btw: I tried a second network device (a TPLINK Wifi Dongle). ‘iwlist wlan1 scan’ showing all the networks, but configuring this is also not possible. Tried various combinations.

greetz

[tomlohaveModerator]

if you use connman, wired if used in place of wireless even if you configure only wireless … (with cable plugged, of )
It ‘s maybe time to switch to networkmanager.

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