rtl8192cu_beagebone, wpa-ssid <wifiname> not working

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Hello Beagles!

After I got my rtl8192cu_beaglebone module to compile, next step is

to have wlan0 up at boot time.

I have /etc/network/interfaces

like this:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid

(also tried: wireless-essid )

But the device doesn’t come up. I have to do:

iwconfig wlan0 essid
to get the device working.

But then it does work.

Any ideas what I’m missing?

Thanks!

/Jacob

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Hi Jacob,

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Hi Jacob,

Hello Beagles!

After I got my rtl8192cu_beaglebone module to compile, next step is
to have wlan0 up at boot time.

I have /etc/network/interfaces
like this:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid

I installed ubuntu on my BBB (not sure that makes a difference, I just figured I’d state it just in case). The rtl8192cu driver that came with ubuntu seemed to work fine out of the box.

I had a problem with the driver in kernel 3.12. That’s why I compiled my own.

The network I’m trying to join doesn’t have a password so didn’t add that option. Don’t know if it has to be
there anyway?

Jacob

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Hi Jacob,