BeagleBone Black rev C + Ubuntu 13.04 + UWN200 wifi adapter?

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Hi - I just received an element14 BeagleBone Black revC and a Logic Supply UWN200 USB wifi adapter. I flashed Ubuntu 13.04 to the eMMC (replacing the Debian distro that shipped on the eMMC) and that worked fine - I can ssh into the BBB when it’s connected via ethernet cable.

However, I cannot seem to get the UWN200 wifi adapter to work with BBB and Ubuntu 13.04. Has anyone gotten this to work? I’ve tried the instructions but they don’t seem to work on ubuntu 13.04.

Or is there a different usb wifi adapter that will work out-of-the-box with BBB and Ubuntu 13.04?

Thanks,
Zach

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Laughs, so we had setup that initial debian image to work with UWN200
out of the box.

Sure, we can make 13.04 work too.. So the question, who's 13.04 are you using?

Regards,

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Laughs, so we had setup that initial debian image to work with UWN200
out of the box.

Yeah I know :slight_smile: and it did work on that debian after a few simple
commands, but I need Ubuntu 13.04 specifically for ROS.

Sure, we can make 13.04 work too.. So the question, who's 13.04 are you using?

I believe I'm using your 13.04, here are the instructions I followed
to successfully flash 13.04 to the emmc:

http://avedo.net/653/flashing-ubuntu-13-04-or-debian-wheezy-to-the-beaglebone-black-emmc/

http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Ubuntu_On_BeagleBone_Black

Thanks,
Zach

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Well, we will see how "old" that is..

First, check that a "/etc/rcn-ee.conf" exists..

If it does, add:

third_party_modules=enable

If it's not,

echo "distro=Ubuntu" > /tmp/rcn-ee.conf
echo "deb_distribution=Ubuntu" >> /tmp/rcn-ee.conf
echo "third_party_modules=enable" >> /tmp/rcn-ee.conf
sudo mv /tmp/rcn-ee.conf /etc/rcn-ee.conf

Then run:

wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/raring-armhf/v3.8.13-bone56/install-me.sh
sudo /bin/bash install-me.sh

Regards,

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Woohoo! Success! You rule, thank you so much.

install-me.sh worked some magic, then all I had to do was plug in the
UWN200 and it worked. I had previously set up ra0 in
/etc/network/interfaces with my wpa-psk.

Everything is good now, thanks again!

-Zach

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This issue is exactly mine, too, I’ll try Robert’s answer!

The Debian install instructions for ROS don’t seem to work well, so I switched to Ubuntu.

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Yes, this worked fine for me, too, thanks!