Thundercomm TurboX C8550 - WiFi Setup

This section will help you configure the WiFi in the board.

Connect the Antenna

1. Make sure the board is powered off.

2. Connect the WiFi antenna to the WIFI port, as seen in Figure 1.

Figure 1. TurboX C8550 developer kit WiFi connection

3. Power on the board.

Configure the WiFi Interface

1. Log in to the board using any of the other non-internet methods (UART or ADB).

2. Enable the wlan0 interface:

ifconfig wlan0 up

3. Edit the /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf file and replace the ssid and psk in the following section:

#WPA-PSK
        ssid="QSoftAP"
        #proto=WPA
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        pairwise=TKIP CCMP
        group=TKIP CCMP
        psk="1234567890"

Note

The psk value is the password of your WiFi.

4. Connect to the router running the following command:

wpa_supplicant -Dnl80211 -iwlan0 -c /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf &

5. Trigger the IP assignment:

udhcpc -i wlan0

If everything went successfully you should see a similar output:

udhcpc: started, v1.35.0
udhcpc: broadcasting discover
udhcpc: broadcasting discover
udhcpc: broadcasting select for 192.168.0.25, server 192.168.0.1
udhcpc: lease of 192.168.0.25 obtained from 192.168.0.1, lease time 3600
/etc/udhcpc.d/50default: Adding DNS 186.32.188.32
/etc/udhcpc.d/50default: Adding DNS 186.32.188.33

6. Perform a ping test:

ping www.thundercomm.com

You should now be connected to the internet.