Thread: connecting to the internet via the command line
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robertb is offline robertb
2009-04-01 , 01:32
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Originally Posted by casper27 View Post
Try
"ifconfig wlan0 down"
then
"ifconfig wlan0 up"
This brought up wlan0, but did not associate an IP address with it
Originally Posted by casper27 View Post
You could also try
"iwlist wlan0 scan"
This will scan from the command line for available AP's.
The "iwlist" is not found.

[QUOTE=Matan;276108]Are you sure the network is available?[QUOTE]yes.
Did you try to reboot? Sometimes the network gets stuck in non working state.
Yes.
Starting a particular connection is only possible for already setup connections. It works by sending commands to the connection manager, so it will probably not work if the connection manager does not work.

The command is:

dbus-send --type=method_call --system --dest=com.nokia.icd /com/nokia/icd com.nokia.icd.connect string:$1 uint32:0

where $1 is replaced by the id of the connection
This fails to connect and then goes into "Searching" again.
(find it by running the command:
gconftool-2 -R /system/osso/connectivity/IAP | less
This has my network listed.
Originally Posted by qole View Post
I remember this. This sounds a bit like what happened to me when trying to upgrade Diablo with apt-get. The install process (using apt-get instead of the Application Manager) runs out of space, and leaves the tablet in a broken state, with more packages to install, but unable to connect to the Internet to finish the upgrade.

But this might not be the same thing at all; I've never heard of anyone upgrading from Chinook to Diablo via the command line.
Well, I had to run "dpkg --configure -a" to complete things, but there was only 2 unresolved packages ("osso-bookmark-user-rx44" and "initfs-flasher"). These don't seem relevant to networking, however.

I seem to be able to connect to the USB (not the network connection). So, I suppose, if worse comes to worse, I could flash it.

I think my next step is going to be to create a "/etc/network/interfaces" entry specifically for my wireless AP so that the above "ifconfig" might work.