BeagleBoardUbuntuNetwork

Note: this page is seriously out of date...

= USB Ethernet =

= USB Wifi =

sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid "ssid" sudo ifconfig wlan0 up sudo dhclient wlan0

rt2800usb
Device List 148f:2070 Ralink Technology, Corp. "rt2870.bin" ZEW2508 148f:2870 Ralink Technology, Corp. TEW-624UB (Driver in staging)

Working Kernel Unknown, aka hasn't been tested in awhile..

Ubuntu Firmware Packages: sudo apt-get install linux-firmware

rtl8187
Device List 0bda:8187 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187 Wireless Adapter

Working Kernel 2.6.29-oer32+

rt73
Device List 07d1:3c07 D-Link System Wieless G DWA-110 Adapter

Working Kernel 2.6.31.5-x5.3 Notes Driver (rt73) is already built into this kernel. Makesure you have linux-firmware  installed. If you can't see it, try sudo ifconfig -a

zd1211
Device List (lsusb x86): 050d:705c Belkin Components F5D7050 v4000 Wireless Adapter

Working Kernel: 2.6.29-oer32+

Ubuntu Firmware Packages: sudo apt-get install linux-firmware

voodoo@beagleboard:~$ dmesg | grep zd1211 [ 116.658264] usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1211rw [ 445.434967] wmaster1 (zd1211rw): not using net_device_ops yet [ 445.435821] wlan1 (zd1211rw): not using net_device_ops yet [ 445.436462] zd1211rw 1-2.1:1.0: phy1 [ 487.419860] usb 1-2.1: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_ub [ 487.624176] usb 1-2.1: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_uphr [ 487.816223] zd1211rw 1-2.1:1.0: firmware version 4725 [ 487.870239] zd1211rw 1-2.1:1.0: zd1211b chip 050d:705c v4810 high 00-17-3f AL2230_RF pa0 g--NS