[NCLUG] Linux wifi assistance in NW Fort Collins

[Bob Proulx]

Hi Coby,

Coby Leuschke wrote:
> Thanks very much for the quick response. We are running Debian
> Jessie headless and just ssh in.  It’s a precompiled Armbian distro.

Oh good.  I usually use my pi's headless too.

> We did get it to work this morning.  As far as we can tell it was a
> mangled /etc/network/interfaces file.  Probably a bogus line ending
> or some such thing that costs you a day for no good reason.

Been there.  Done that.  Many times! :-)

> We are prototyping with a built-in broadcom wifi chipset, which
> seems to be flaky at best.  That will not be the long term solution
> as we will be moving to a high powered WiFi card on a PCIe port.

Oh fun!  I don't have a hummingboard and on the Raspberry Pi and
Banana Pi have been using the typical USB-WiFi adapters with good
success.

> Target use for our embedded linux boards will be small robots.  We
> are interested in forming a relationship with a local (Fort Collins
> area) linux freelancer who has skills related to compiling kernels
> and/or drivers for proper support of wifi etc.  Someone with a bit
> lower level dev skills than we have here.
> 
> Best way to reach me is via email coby /at\ rocketshipsys /dot\ com

Looks like fun.

Bob