linux - Enable wifi antenna in boot-repair environment

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2014-07
  • biertje

    L.S.,

    I'm trying to fix things with Boot-repair(bootable disk) but it needs internet to work properly. The thing is, my wifi antenna auto-enables when i boot windows and linux, but this is not the case when i boot into Boot-repair. And i can't enable it with it's hotkey, (fn+) f12. It just stays disabled, and i can't find any or option button to enable it in Boot-repair. Maybe there is a command to enable it? Can someone help me? Or is it perfectly reasonable to use Boot-repair without internet connection? That would seem strange to me as Boot-reapir itself strictly says it needs it. Anyway, thanks for the help.

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  • Jethro Van Thuyne

    If your 'boot repair' is linux based, it's very well possible that the wireless card isn't recognized due to the absence of correct firmware.

    Please provide us with more information on the repair disk: it is a read only disk, or could you be able to install extra drivers while running the repair disk? If so: try to find out which type your wireless card is, with the lspci or lsusb commands. There's a good chance that the information from these commands will help you find the correct drivers, should they be missing.


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  • tigerswithguitars

    Not a code problem but an architecture/infrastructure one.

    I have a single board computer device (SBC) with an IP setup that currently chats to a laptop via a switch. All on a private network that can easily have more of these SBC added to enlarge the network. Ip addressing is not dynamic, each SBC has a fixed one.

    That's the background, now I want to remove the switch (maybe), but mostly remove all the physical connections and have it wireless with a pretty broad range (like not meters but 100s of meters).

    I don't want to offer up too many suggestions right away, I'd rather hear your ideas/product suggestions. Keep in mind that the SBC has minimal hardware connections so anything I could put on the end of an RJ35 would be ideal!


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  • Jason Sherman

    Well, depending on the details of your data transfer, speed, and reliability requirements, you might be able to get an 802.11 network of some flavor set up. USB attached wireless adapters for the SBC's.