Check WLAN
Status WLAN0:
ip link show wlan0
SSID's to connect:
iwlist wlan0 scan
or
iwlist wlan0 scan | grep <SSID>
Disable WLAN Power Saving (“Sleepmode”)
To ensure that the WLAN is operational all the time and no „Power-Save“ is kicking the device out of the LAN while idele disable the Power-Save option of the Edimax-driver.
For that create a conf-file:
vi /etc/modprobe.d/8192cu.conf
And insert the following content:
options 8192cu rtw_power_mgnt=0 rtw_enusbss=0
Get rid of ifplugd, nice feature but nasty when the tun0 interface of chilli comes up and everything else goes down:
apt-get remove ifplugd
Enrich the intefaces file with static configuration for eth0 and WLAN0 (Remember this RASPBERRY will run as a Server!!!):
/etc/network/interfaces
# lo Loop-Back Interface Config
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
#ETH0 Config
auto eth0
### ETH0 DHCP Config
# iface eth0 inet dhcp
### ETH0 Static IP Config
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.1.1.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 10.1.1.0
#address 192.168.112.100
#network 192.168.112.0
# WLAN0 Config
auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
### WLAN0 DHCP Config
# iface wlan0 inet dhcp
### WLAN0 Static IP Config
iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.2.6
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.2.0
gateway 192.168.2.1
### WLAN0 Security
wpa-ap-scan 1
wpa-scan-ssid 1
#### WLAN SSID e.g "Your-WLAN-Name"
wpa-ssid "home-sweet-home"
#### WLAN PSK Key in clear text or as passphrase generated with: wpa_passphrase $ssid $clear-text-key
wpa-psk "??????????????????????????????????????????????????????"
Restart Network to activate new Configuration
sudo service networking restart
