Wireless Network for Raspberry Pi

All RasPi's will need to connect to UA Wifi Network using the network settings provided here:

Raspberry Pi UAWIFI Settings

Once you have the settings downloaded, extract the archive and select the subfolder that is applicable to your group (see below).

You will need to either replace the file in the following line or edit it and add the text of the configuration you downloaded. If you replace it, all previous WiFi settings will be lost.

sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf 

nano is a text editor that will not recognize the mouse. Use keys on the keyboard. ctr-X exit to save. Answer yes to save. Enter to accept the filename.

In addition the file

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

should state (change manual to dhcp)

allow-hotplug wlan0
        iface wlan0 inet dhcp
        wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

for the wlan0 entry which defines the behavior of the wireless adapter ( the above configures the interface via DHCP and takes authentication from wpa_supplicatn.conf file). Again ctrl-X to save (Y) and accept the suggested filename with enter.

There are issues with setting accurate time on the Raspberry Pi. When a network interface comes online, it should automatically probe the network time servers. However for this to work we will need to edit rc.local:

sudo nano /etc/rc.local 

add the following line at the end of the program

/sbin/iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING 1 -o wlan0 -p udp --dport 123 -j TOS --set-tos 0x00 

The last commands to execute are:

sudo ifdown wlan0
sudo ifup wlan0

The last command will indicate the IP number the DHCP server is giving you.

The Team assignments are:

  • Pi1 von Basch
  • Pi2 Roentgen
  • Pi3 Knoll
  • Pi4 Galvani
  • Pi5 Radon
  • Pi6 Gibbon
  • Pi7 Einthoven
  • Pi8 Ruska
  • Pi9 Fleming
  • Pi10 Whitaker
  • Pi11 Townsend
  • Pi12 Aoyagi
  • Pi13 Helmholtz
  • Pi14 Damdian
  • Pi15 Ehrlich
  • Pi16 Lauterbur
  • Pi17 Godfrey
  • Pi18 Forssmann
  • Pi19 Becquerel
  • Pi20 Drinker
  • Pi21 Nutt
  • Pi22 Berger
  • Pi23 Fujimoto
  • Pi24 Palmaz