archlinux_-_configure_wifi
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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"
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