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-====== Dongly ====== 
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-{{:​chumbyhackerboard:​wn321g_lrg.jpg?​500|}} 
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-The Chumby hacker board does not have Wireless capability built in, but its very easy to add! The best dongle to use is the [[http://​www.adafruit.com/​index.php?​main_page=product_info&​cPath=47&​products_id=283|TP-LINK TL-WN321G (or any other RT73-based dongle)]] which has drivers ready to go. Note that many dongles probably won't work - if you have one kicking around you can try it but don't be surprised when it is not recognized! 
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-<if you know of an adapter that does/​doesn'​t work, you should post it here> 
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-====== Connecting to your WiFi network ====== 
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-Plug in the dongle 
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-{{:​chumbyhackerboard:​plugwlan.gif|}} 
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-Run **iwconfig wlan0 scan** to list all the local networks 
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-{{:​chumbyhackerboard:​iwlist.gif|}} 
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-Find your network, we'll connect to **adafruit** (not listed here, just substitute your own connection name) 
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-Configure the wlan adapter (we'll be using WEP here, WPA is more complex) 
-  * Set the WiFi password with **iwconfig wlan0 enc XXXXXXXXXX** where XXXXXXXXXX is your 10 digit hexadecimal WEP password (ps. our password isnt really DEADBEEF00) 
-  * Set the channel to match the one in the **iwlist** output with **iwconfig wlan0 channel NN** 
-  * Set the network you want to connect to with **iwconfig wlan0 essid adafruit** where **adafruit** is substituted with your network name 
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-{{:​chumbyhackerboard:​iwconfig.gif|}} 
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-You should get a **[ 1932.400000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE):​ wlan0: link becomes ready** response from the kernel 
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-====== Start DHCP ====== 
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-DHCP will let you get your IP, route and DNS right from the router 
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-You'll need to remount root so that dhclient can edit it 
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-{{:​chumbyhackerboard:​iwremount.gif|}} 
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-Start up the **wlan0** connection 
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-{{:​chumbyhackerboard:​ifconfigup.gif|}} 
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-Then run **dhclient wlan0** (the image doesnt show the '​wlan0'​ because I had already run dhclient to do this tutorial, make sure to stick the wlan0 part on!) 
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-{{:​chumbyhackerboard:​dhclient.gif|}} 
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-You should be able to ping! 
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-{{:​chumbyhackerboard:​pinggooglewlan0.gif|}} 
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-====== Set up IP & DNS ====== 
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-Say you don't have DHCP or don't want to use DHCP for some reason. 
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-Pick an IP address, and **ifconfig wlan0 <​ipaddress>​ up** to give yourself an IP address 
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-{{:​chumbyhackerboard:​ifconfignodhcp.gif|}} 
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-Don't forget to add a default route, through your router 
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-{{:​chumbyhackerboard:​addroute.gif|}} 
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-If you want DNS you'll have to remount the root directory **rw** and edit **/​etc/​resolv.conf** 
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-{{:​chumbyhackerboard:​iwremount.gif|}} 
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-If you need to, set up your **resolv.conf** so that you have one or two DNS servers in there 
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-{{:​chumbyhackerboard:​resolvconf.gif|}} 
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-When you're done, be tidy and remount / as read only, k? 
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-{{:​chumbyhackerboard:​remountro.gif|}} 
  
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