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== How to setup Marvell 88w8686 SDIO wifi ==
=== Overview of How-To ===
This How-To is meant to be a starting point for people to learn setup the wifi on IGEP v2 devices as quickly and easily as possible.
=== Feedback and Contributing ===
At any point, if you see a mistake you can contribute to this How-To.
=== Setup basics ===
*libertas: Marvell Libertas 8385/8686/8688 SDIO 802.11b/g card
*firmware: 9.70.3p24 ( download from http://extranet.marvell.com/drivers/driverDisplay.do?driverId=203 )
SDIO card should be showed after the image is downloaded to the board.
<pre>
mmc1: new SDIO card at address 0001
</pre>
The firmware binaries sd8686_helper.bin and sd8686.bin should be in /lib/firmware directory.
To make the SDIO WIFI module work load the libertas_sdio module
<pre>
# modprobe libertas_sdio
libertas_sdio: Libertas SDIO driver
libertas_sdio: Copyright Pierre Ossman
libertas_sdio mmc1:0001:1: firmware: requesting sd8686_helper.bin
libertas_sdio mmc1:0001:1: firmware: requesting sd8686.bin
libertas: 00:13:e0:c3:0c:3c, fw 9.70.3p24, cap 0x00000303
libertas: unidentified region code; using the default (USA)
libertas: PREP_CMD: command 0x00a3 failed: 2
libertas: PREP_CMD: command 0x00a3 failed: 2
libertas: eth1: Marvell WLAN 802.11 adapter
</pre>
Now you can connect this wifi module to an AP. First of all, you'll check if your devices is detected.
<pre>
# iwconfig
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=18 dBm
Retry short limit:8 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
</pre>
Next, you will set up the interface
<pre>
# ifconfig eth1 up
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:E0:C3:0C:3C
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
</pre>
and you can scan for an AP
<pre>
# iwlist eth1 scan
Cell 04 - Address: 00:18:84:81:46:E2
ESSID:"MyPlace"
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.427 GHz (Channel 4)
Quality=100/100 Signal level=-39 dBm Noise level=-96 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
</pre>
Now, is time to associate to your AP
<pre>
# iwconfig eth1 txpower auto essid MyPlace channel 4
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"MyPlace"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point: 00:18:84:81:46:E2
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=13 dBm
Retry short limit:8 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=97/100 Signal level=-43 dBm Noise level=-94 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:3109 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:13 Invalid misc:3315 Missed beacon:0
</pre>
and get and ip address
<pre>
# udhcpc -i eth1
udhcpc (v1.9.1) started
Sending discover...
Sending select for 192.168.10.216...
Lease of 192.168.10.216 obtained, lease time 43200
adding dns 192.168.10.1
</pre>
Last, you can test the network interface.
<pre>
# ping -c 1 192.168.10.1
PING 192.168.10.1 (192.168.10.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: seq=0 ttl=64 time=16.327 ms
--- 192.168.10.1 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 16.327/16.327/16.327 ms
</pre>
=== Overview of How-To ===
This How-To is meant to be a starting point for people to learn setup the wifi on IGEP v2 devices as quickly and easily as possible.
=== Feedback and Contributing ===
At any point, if you see a mistake you can contribute to this How-To.
=== Setup basics ===
*libertas: Marvell Libertas 8385/8686/8688 SDIO 802.11b/g card
*firmware: 9.70.3p24 ( download from http://extranet.marvell.com/drivers/driverDisplay.do?driverId=203 )
SDIO card should be showed after the image is downloaded to the board.
<pre>
mmc1: new SDIO card at address 0001
</pre>
The firmware binaries sd8686_helper.bin and sd8686.bin should be in /lib/firmware directory.
To make the SDIO WIFI module work load the libertas_sdio module
<pre>
# modprobe libertas_sdio
libertas_sdio: Libertas SDIO driver
libertas_sdio: Copyright Pierre Ossman
libertas_sdio mmc1:0001:1: firmware: requesting sd8686_helper.bin
libertas_sdio mmc1:0001:1: firmware: requesting sd8686.bin
libertas: 00:13:e0:c3:0c:3c, fw 9.70.3p24, cap 0x00000303
libertas: unidentified region code; using the default (USA)
libertas: PREP_CMD: command 0x00a3 failed: 2
libertas: PREP_CMD: command 0x00a3 failed: 2
libertas: eth1: Marvell WLAN 802.11 adapter
</pre>
Now you can connect this wifi module to an AP. First of all, you'll check if your devices is detected.
<pre>
# iwconfig
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=18 dBm
Retry short limit:8 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
</pre>
Next, you will set up the interface
<pre>
# ifconfig eth1 up
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:E0:C3:0C:3C
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
</pre>
and you can scan for an AP
<pre>
# iwlist eth1 scan
Cell 04 - Address: 00:18:84:81:46:E2
ESSID:"MyPlace"
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.427 GHz (Channel 4)
Quality=100/100 Signal level=-39 dBm Noise level=-96 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
</pre>
Now, is time to associate to your AP
<pre>
# iwconfig eth1 txpower auto essid MyPlace channel 4
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"MyPlace"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point: 00:18:84:81:46:E2
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=13 dBm
Retry short limit:8 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=97/100 Signal level=-43 dBm Noise level=-94 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:3109 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:13 Invalid misc:3315 Missed beacon:0
</pre>
and get and ip address
<pre>
# udhcpc -i eth1
udhcpc (v1.9.1) started
Sending discover...
Sending select for 192.168.10.216...
Lease of 192.168.10.216 obtained, lease time 43200
adding dns 192.168.10.1
</pre>
Last, you can test the network interface.
<pre>
# ping -c 1 192.168.10.1
PING 192.168.10.1 (192.168.10.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: seq=0 ttl=64 time=16.327 ms
--- 192.168.10.1 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 16.327/16.327/16.327 ms
</pre>
