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Intel® Edison: Getting Started – WiFi

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In this guide you’ll setup network access to your Intel® Edison Board and obtain an IP address.

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Requirements

Intel® Edison Board that has been setup with a serial terminal. For instructions on how to do this, refer to the following documentation:

Set up Wifi

1. To configure your WiFi without specifying username and password options, enter the command

configure_edison --wifi

in the shell terminal. If you get an error saying "configure_edison: not found", you need to update your firmware:

2. When asked if you want to set up the wifi, type "Y" and press Enter.

3. The Intel® Edison will scan for Wi­Fi networks for 10 seconds. When it is finished, a list of available networks will be displayed. If you do not see any networks Enter 0 to rescan.

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Figure 1- run "configure_edison --wifi" to scan for networks

4. Choose the network you would like to connect to and type the corresponding number from the list and press Enter. To confirm your entry, type "Y" and press Enter. In this example, to connect to "kafka" use the number "16", like in Figure 2.

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Figure 2- Enter the number of your network.

5. The network in this example requires a password. Your network might require other information. Enter the appropriate network credentials. Press Enter when finished.

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Figure 3- Enter your network credentials

6. The Intel® Edison will attempt to make a connection to the network. When you see a "Done" message, you are connected to a Wifi network.

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Figure 4- You are now connected. Take note of the IP Address.

7. Note the IP Address, like in Figure 4 above, or alternately, enter the command: ifconfig. Make note of your "wlan0" IP address, as shown in Figure 5 below. This is your IP Address.

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Figure 5- Find IP Address after wlan0.

8. To verify connectivity, you may want to ping your Intel® Edison from another computer on the same network using the IP Address obtained above. Alternately, you can try accessing your board by typing in your IP Address into a browser of another computer on the same network.

Next Steps

Blink the LED using your IDE:

Blink LED - Arduino*

Blink LED - Eclipse*

Blink LED - Intel® XDK IoT Edition

Troubleshooting

  • If you are having problems connecting, try running the following commands in a terminal on your Intel® Edison Board:
ifconfig usb0 down
ifconfig wlan0 down
ifconfig wlan0 up

Resources

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License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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