http:\/\/ubuntuforums.org\/showthread.php?t=571188<\/a>
\n
\nI installed ‘lshw’ ( apt-get install lshw ) which provides diagnostic information about hardware drivers however as this installation went so smoothly I am not sure this was absolutely necessary.
\n
\nroot@raspberrypi:~# lshw -C network
\n -network:0
\n description: Wireless interface
\n physical id: 1
\n bus info: usb@1:1.2
\n logical name: wlan0
\n serial: 00:0f:11:66:16:d0
\n capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
\n configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8712u multicast=yes wireless=unassociated
\n -network:1
\n description: Ethernet interface
\n physical id: 2
\n logical name: eth0
\n serial: b8:27:eb:45:84:2e
\n size: 100Mbit\/s
\n capacity: 100Mbit\/s
\n capabilities: ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
\n configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=smsc95xx driverversion=22-Aug-2005 duplex=full firmware=smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet ip=192.168.10.31 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit\/s
\n
\nAfter manually confirming the following command lines brought up my network,
\n
\nifconfig wlan0 down
\ndhclient -r wlan0
\nifconfig wlan0 up
\niwconfig wlan0 essid “MYESSID”
\niwconfig wlan0 key MYKEY
\niwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
\ndhclient
\n
\nI then copied thew into ‘\/etc\/rc.local’ so that the WiFi network would be brought up on boot. An important point for me was that the web article suggests adding the line ‘ifconfig eth0 down’ to the ‘\/etc\/rc.local’ file but this would mean that hardwired ethernet would be shutdown and not available should it be needed in an emergency.
\n
\nThe final changes I need to make were to my DHCP server and router configuration so that the ‘Pi’ always gets a fixed IP address assigned for correct virtual server port forwarding.
\n
\nNext Steps<\/strong>
\n
\nYou might notice the nice plastic case (from Element14) in the image which will protect the ‘Pi’ from and ongoing development accidents!
\nI will now run this setup for a while and look for general stability as a WiFi based web host.
\n
\n …Robert
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