Talk:Tiny Core Linux

Configure wireless

A 1.5 here with firmware q3c16. No eth0 is evident.

• scan for networks:

iwlist scan | more
... lo ...
... wlan0 ...

• associate with an open network:

#iwconfig eth0 essid network
iwconfig wlan0 essid linksys
... 

• configure the interface using DHCP

/etc/init.d/dhcp.sh

• Try to retrieve something.

lynx http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Tiny_Core_Linux
Unable to locate remote host wiki.laptop.org.

Yes, eth0 is no longer present in recent versions, you must identify the interface name using iw dev, and I've edited the page to show that. For all other network connection problems, refer to the Tiny Core Linux web sites, as we don't provide support for Tiny Core Linux here beyond that required for hardware compatibility. --Quozl 23:09, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

I have an old XO-1 and the instructions aren't working. I have a wlan0 interface, I set it to the SSID of my open wireless network, but when I run /etc/init.d/dhcp.sh it never seems to assign an IP.

> iwlist wlan0 scan | less
...
Cell 05 - Address 00.23.69.8B:19:D6
   Channel:11
   Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
   Quality=70/70 Signal level=-40dBm
   Encryption key:off
   ESSID:"maximus"
   Bit Rates:...
   Bit Rates:...
   Mode:Master
   Extra:...
   ...

> iwconfig
lo    no wireless extensions
wlan0    IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"maximus"
   Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:23:69:8B:19:D6
   Bit Rate=5.5 Mb/s
   Retry  long limit:7  RTS thr:off  Fragment thr:off
   Encryption key:off
   Power Management:on
   Link Quality=59/70  Signal level=-51 dBm
   Rx invalid nwide:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
   Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0  Missed beacon:0
...

Any ideas? --Lmsurpre 21:11, 29 March 2014 (UTC)