Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f21.google.com ([209.85.219.21]:60909 "EHLO mail-ew0-f21.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753528AbZBDSSu (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:18:50 -0500 Received: by ewy14 with SMTP id 14so3677697ewy.13 for ; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:18:47 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:18:47 +0000 Message-ID: <3ace41890902041018mdc6a5eanc79cebeb5759001e@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20090204_191855_903650_924641DD) Subject: Re: Regarding Belkin wireless USB adapter From: Hin-Tak Leung To: Shivdas Gujare Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Shivdas Gujare wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to use Belkin Wireless G USB adapter(uses trl8187 driver) > on ARM board. I am tesing this with x86 and ARM board (BeagleBoard). > > My problem is, this adapter works fine with my Ubuntu > laptop(v2.6.29-rc2) using NetworkManager because of udev. > > I tried to run wpa_supplicant from command line as, > wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf > It gives error "Failed to read or parse configuration > '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'" > Because, my laptop doesn't have /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file, But > still wireless network works fine. > > I don't have wpa_supplicant in ARM rootfs, hence want to know > Does wpa_supplicant is necessary to make this USB wireless adapter work? > > Also, is /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf necessary in rootfs, since device > works fine without this file on my laptop. Hmm, wpa_supplicant.conf contains security info, and wpa keys, etc and such. Are you on an open or WEP network? If so, you don't even need wpa_supplicant - just do iwconfig, etc. > > Thanks for your help. > > Regards, > Shivdas >