Mervis minibian jessie wifi support

[BlackSoll]

I have tried all the following without any success :

apt-get update
apt-get install nano sudo
apt-get install firmware-realtek
apt-get install wpasupplicant

Tried to proceed with usual wifi configuration, editing my /etc/network/interfaces but no luck at all.

How can i add my wifi adapter to mervis minibian ?

[tomas_hora]

The system is set to read only in order save the SD card as much as possible.

Support for some wifi dongles is already built in, also the wpa supplicant - see /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

But before you can modify the file, you need make the sd card writable by:

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mount -o remount,rw /

Then edit the conf file or install other things and make the fs readonly by:

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mount -o remount,ro /

[BlackSoll]

First i

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mount -o remount,rw /

Then i

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apt-get install nano

cause i like it.

My /etc/network/interfaces looks like this :

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#! /bin/sh false
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

#
#  ifup/ifdown of eth0 is driven by netplug daemon.
#      by checking ethernet carrier (net card must by plugged into switch/other$
#
#  eth1 is prepared for Huawei 3g modem in cdc-ether mode
#  wlan0 is prepared for Wifi (usb)card
#
#############################################################
#auto eth0                      #not needed if allow-hotplug or netplug is acti$

allow-hotplug eth1 wlan0        # autostart on plugging !!!! MUST BE ONLY ONCE $

source /etc/network/if-eth0.conf

iface eth0 inet6 auto

iface eth1 inet dhcp

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
    pre-up wpa_cli -i wlan0 terminate 2>/dev/null || true
    pre-up /sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -q -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0
    post-down wpa_cli -i wlan0 terminate 2>/dev/null || true
    #wireless configuration is in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

allow-hotplug wlan0

iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
iface default inet dhcp

Then i

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chown root /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

 /usr/bin/wpa_passphrase myssid mypass > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

When i

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iwlist wlan0 scan

i found my wifi network then i

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mount -o remount,ro /

and reboot and again no connection.

[tomas_hora]

Hello,

then you also need to tell the system to connect to the network:

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wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

You might also want to automatically reconnect to the network, this can be done using the provided script:

1. Go to /etc/ifplugd/action.d/ and rename the ifupdown file to ifupdown.original
2. Then do: cp /etc/wpa_supplicant/ifupdown.sh ./ifupdown