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: 2021/10/09 15:14 by 127.0.0.1