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archlinux_-_configure_wifi

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Archlinux - Configure wifi

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Archlinux - Configure wifi

Wifi↔USB: Alpha AWUS036NHA
SBC: ODROID U3
OS: Archlinux - kernel 3.8.13.27-1-ARCH
Country: The Netherlands

Install prerequisites

Install packages:
```
pacman -S dialog wpa_supplicant
```

Configure regulatory domain

Install packages:
```
pacman -S crda wireless-regdb
```
Reboot
Check the boot log to make sure that CRDA is being called by cfg80211:
```
dmesg | grep cfg80211
```
Check current domain:
```
iw reg get
```
Set country:
```
iw reg set NL
```
Query list of channels and power to see if change was succesfull:
```
 iw list | grep -A 15 Frequencies:
```
To make this permanent, edit /etc/conf.d/wireless-regdom
```
WIRELESS_REGDOM="NL"
```

Configure WLAN with netctl

Check if hardware is recognized by kernel:

# dmesg |grep ath9k
[  178.742553] usb 1-3.1: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested
[  178.743195] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_htc
[  179.032544] usb 1-3.1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_9271.fw, size: 51272
[  179.267660] ath9k_htc 1-3.1:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 credits
[  179.465788] ath9k_htc 1-3.1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.3

Generate WLAN profile:
```
wifi-menu -o
```
Enable for auto-start:
```
netctl reenable wlan0-<profile>
```

archlinux_-_configure_wifi.txt · Last modified: 2014/08/30 09:50 by admin