RHF2S308 Enable Wifi - helium-support/helium-miner-documentation GitHub Wiki

Purpose

Allows the miner to connect to a Wifi network. For more detailed explanation see rhf2s308 experience

Manually

systemctl stop init_wifi
systemctl disable init_wifi
systemctl mask init_wifi

systemctl stop create_ap
systemctl disable create_ap
systemctl mask create_ap

systemctl stop wpa_supplicant
systemctl disable wpa_supplicant
systemctl mask wpa_supplicant
  1. Edit wpa_supplicant.conf
  2. sudo vi /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
  3. Type i to start insert mode
  4. Move your cursor to the end of the file using your arrow keys
  5. Type
    network={
        ssid="YOUR_WIFI_SSID"
        psk="YOUR_WIFI_SSID_PASSWORD"
    }
    
    1. wpa_supplicant.conf example
    ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
    update_config=1
    
    network={
        ssid="MyHomeNetwork"
        psk="secure_password"
    }
    
  6. Type :wq to write and exit the editor
  7. Reboot sudo reboot
  8. Once rebooted validate you are connected to your network by typing ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.1.81 netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255
        inet6 fe40::e1cd:faf0:64d1:7a19  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 10:54:ef:1c:ca:31  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 86968  bytes 67251038 (64.1 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 74219  bytes 11447660 (10.9 MiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

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