Using IGEP WLAN to communicate

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If your IGEP processor board has wifi interface you can connect to it and access your board, for example, via SSH.

Download boot partition and rootfs partition packages from here:

Now you must create a boot-MicroSD card using these two packages. Follow this HowTo

Just follow the point 2 “Preparing the MicroSD Card” for creating the two partitions needed.

Uncompress and untar the files boot-linaro_minimal.10.10.tar.bz2 in the boot partition and rootfs-linaro_minimal.10.10.tar.bz2 in the rootfs partition you have just created in your MicroSD Card.


Now it is time to configure the wireless network.

The rootfs partition in the MicroSD Card should be available in the /media/rootfs directory in your host PC. Go to that directory in the card and edit the file /media/rootfs/etc/network/interfaces

   interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)

   auto lo wlan0

   iface lo inet loopback

   iface wlan0 inet dhcp

   wpa-driver wext

   wpa-ssid <'''put here your Access Point SSID'''>

   wpa-ap-scan 2

   wpa-proto RSN

   wpa-pairwise CCMP

   wpa-group CCMP

   wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK

   wpa-psk <'''put here your AP key*'''>



Now you might want to set your wpa-psk. Follow the next steps.


Execute in your PC (with wifi) this command:



wpa_passphrase "Access Point Name" "WPA2 Pass Phrase" 


The Output for this command shows you the wpa-psk, you must copy the psk key and put it in the space above: wpa-psk <put here your AP key>


This configuration enable the wifi and get the IP from dhcp, if you wish use a static IP then you should change in interfaces file:


/media/rootfs/etc/network$ cat interfaces


  1. interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)

auto lo wlan0

iface lo inet loopback


iface wlan0 inet static

   wpa-driver wext
   wpa-ssid <put here your AP SSID>
   wpa-ap-scan 2
   wpa-proto RSN
   wpa-pairwise CCMP
   wpa-group CCMP
   wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
   wpa-psk <put here your AP key>
address 192.168.1.44
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1


This is the connection details:


--- SSH ---

Username: root

Password: letmein