I am trying to get this wifi dongle working on a BBB with Ubuntu 16.04.
The adapter can be seen
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lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp. MT7601U Wireless Adapter
ifconfig
usb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:59:af:82:2e:00
inet addr:192.168.7.2 Bcast:192.168.7.3 Mask:255.255.255.252
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
sudo lshw -C network
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 3
logical name: usb0
serial: 90:59:af:82:2e:00
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=g_ether driverversion=29-May-2008 firmware=musb-hdrc ip=192.168.7.2 link=no multicast=yes
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I can ping the adapter from within the ssh session so I guess it is working. I want to set up HostAPD so it is open (no security) and then directs any connected clients to a webserver home page hosted on the BBB. Struggling to sort out the HostAPD config.
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Wireless network name
interface=usb0
ubuntu@arm:~$ hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
random: Trying to read entropy from /dev/random
Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Could not read interface usb01 flags: No such device
nl80211: Driver does not support authentication/association or connect commands
nl80211: deinit ifname=usb01 disabled_11b_rates=0
nl80211: Remove monitor interface: refcount=0
netlink: Operstate: ifindex=0 linkmode=0 (kernel-control), operstate=6 (IF_OPER_UP)
Could not read interface usb01 flags: No such device
nl80211: Set mode ifindex 0 iftype 2 (STATION)
nl80211: Failed to set interface 0 to mode 2: -1 (Operation not permitted)
nl80211: Try mode change after setting interface down
Could not read interface usb01 flags: No such device
Could not read interface usb01 flags: No such device
nl80211: Failed to set interface up after switching mode
nl80211: Interface mode change to 2 from 0 failed
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
hostapd_interface_deinit_free(0x7f98e410)
hostapd_interface_deinit_free: num_bss=1 conf->num_bss=1
hostapd_interface_deinit(0x7f98e410)
usb01: interface state UNINITIALIZED->DISABLED
hostapd_bss_deinit: deinit bss usb01
usb01: AP-DISABLED
hostapd_cleanup(hapd=0x7f98eee8 (usb01))
hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface usb01 wasn’t started
hostapd_interface_deinit_free: driver=(nil) drv_priv=(nil) → hapd_deinit
hostapd_interface_free(0x7f98e410)
hostapd_interface_free: free hapd 0x7f98eee8
hostapd_cleanup_iface(0x7f98e410)
hostapd_cleanup_iface_partial(0x7f98e410)
hostapd_cleanup_iface: free iface=0x7f98e410
ubuntu@arm:~$
usb0 is not your interface to mt7601u…
sudo ifconfig -a
Not sure what is then …
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ubuntu@arm:~/bin$ sudo ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:59:af:82:2e:09
inet addr:192.168.2.19 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::9259:afff:fe82:2e09/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:11526 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3236 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2134852 (2.1 MB) TX bytes:434086 (434.0 KB)
Interrupt:175
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:170 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:170 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
RX bytes:12610 (12.6 KB) TX bytes:12610 (12.6 KB)
usb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:59:af:82:2e:00
inet addr:192.168.7.2 Bcast:192.168.7.3 Mask:255.255.255.252
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
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3.8.13-bone79. I realise now USB0 is not the adapter.
I have replaced my OS with Debian 4.4.9-ti-r25
Dmesg gives me the following …
[ 445.323174] mt7601u 1-1:1.0: Warning: unsupported EEPROM version 0d
[ 445.323225] mt7601u 1-1:1.0: EEPROM ver:0d fae:00
[ 445.484435] mt7601u 1-1:1.0: Error: RX urb failed:-71
[ 445.489792] mt7601u 1-1:1.0: Error: submit URB dir:128 ep:1 failed:-19
[ 445.515282] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 26
[ 445.862248] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 27 using musb-hdrc
[ 446.001775] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=7601
[ 446.001827] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 446.001858] usb 1-1: Product: 802.11 n WLAN
[ 446.001887] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: MediaTek
[ 446.001914] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 1.0
[ 446.126230] usb 1-1: reset high-speed USB device number 27 using musb-hdrc
[ 446.257419] mt7601u 1-1:1.0: ASIC revision: 76010001 MAC revision: 76010500
[ 446.263187] mt7601u 1-1:1.0: Firmware Version: 0.1.00 Build: 7640 Build time:wing
Any ideas?