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How to setup Marvell 88w8686 SDIO wifi

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*libertas: Marvell Libertas 8385/8686/8688 SDIO 802.11b/g card
*firmware: 9.70.3p24 ( download from http://www.marvell.com/support/downloads/search.do ; choose platform Linux 2.6 and download SD-8686-LINUX26-SYSKT-9.70.3.p24-26409.P45-GPL )
This zip archive contains other tarballs ; one of them is named SD-8686-FEDORA26FC6-SYSKT-GPL-9.70.3.p24-26409.P45.tar and contains a FwImage directory. Inside are the two firmware images. You will need to rename helper_sd.bin as sd8686_helper.bin and put both firmware in the lib/firmware (or, as you wish, in lib/firmware/libertas ) directory of your target root filesystem.
SDIO card should be showed after the image is downloaded to the board.
Basically you have to create/modify two files:
#create file /etc/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicantwpa_supplicant.conf
#modify /etc/network/interfaces
To create /etc/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicantwpa_supplicant.conf do:
<pre>wpa_passphrase "your SSID" yourPassword &gt; /etc/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicantwpa_supplicant.conf</pre>
Now add the following lines at the end of this file:
Then modify /etc/network/interfaces
 
Change the line
<pre>auto eth0
into
#auto eth0</pre>
Add the next lines (replace wlan0 by your wifi interface):
<pre>auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-conf /etc/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicantwpa_supplicant.conf</pre> To check if your /etc/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant.conf file is correct you can type
<pre>wpa_supplicant -ieth2 -cTo check if your /etc/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicantwpa_supplicant.conf -d</pre>file is correct you can type
== Notes ==For kernel 2.6.35.8 and above you will see wlan0 instead of eth1.Wifi for kernel 2.6.35.7 seems to be broken, please use 2.6.35.8 or above<pre>wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -d</pre>
= See also =
*[[How to setup Marvell bluetooth]]
*[[Using IGEP WLAN to communicate]]
[[Category:How_to_forge|Wireless]][[Category:IGEP0020Wifi]]
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