using connman to setup wifi

[kinetic_ion]

I am attempting to install the usb wifi adapter from the adafruit store with some progress. I followed the beaglebone usb wifi tutorial on ladyada and have completed every step successfully up to part where I have to create files in the connman folder.

I didn't have a file called "settings" in /var/lib/connman folder so I created one using nano.

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nano /var/lib/connman/settings

Contents of 'settings':

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[global]
OfflineMode=false

[WiFi]
Enable=true

[Bluetooth]
Enable=false

[Wired]
Enable=true

[3G]
Enable=false

[WiMAX] Enable=false

I also created a new file called "wifi.config" in the same folder.

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nano /var/lib/connman/wifi.config

Contents of 'wifi.config':

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[service_home]
Type=wifi
Name=MyNetworkNameCaseSeNSiTivE
Security=wpa
Passphrase=MyCaseSenSitivEPassWord


I then reset the connman

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sytemctl restart connman.services

I seem to not connect after using ifconfig wlan0.

Any idea what I can do next? I am connecting to a BB Rev A3 and using Terminal in Mac OSX.

[adafruit]

A3 is fairly old - we've only tested the wifi with A5 - can you burn a new SD card with the latest boot image? You may need a later kernel

[kinetic_ion]

Ok I got it working after updating to Angstrom v2012.05 - Kernel 3.2.18

[DannyX]

I am having a very similar problem which I believe maybe down to the fact I'm running kernel 3.2.14, is there a way to upgrade the kernel without having to reimage the sd card?

[tgalonso]

if you have a working ethernet connected to the internet do:
opkg update
opkg upgrade

caution it takes hours!
tgalonso