wlan0 configuration in SBC CC6

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[size=1][size=3]Dear Sir/Madam,
first of all I must say that I am not a linux expert, just have been working with it for two months.
I would like to configure the wlan0 on my SBC. I use a Ubuntu Linux on my PC and a Yocto image on my target boards. I would like to connect the SBC to the same router that I have at the Lab to which I connect my PC to browse. My idea would be to implement a server on the SBC to monitor parameters from an external browser. As a first step, I need to configure the wlan0 on my SBC, When I write iwconfi on my ubuntu terminal, I get this information about the router and the access that I have:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:“Orange-9A08”
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.432 GHz Access Point: 50:7E:5D:67:9A:0A
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=16 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=51/70 Signal level=-59 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:5 Invalid misc:2605 Missed beacon:0
If I write route, this is what I get (there is a router Livebox):
alvaro@red:/$ route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
default Livebox 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 9 0 0 wlan0

what do I have to do on my SBC to have access to the internet by means of the same router?

A part from that, could you give me any hint on how to install a webserver on my SBC … this will be the next step.

Thank you in advance for you collaboration.

Best regards,
Alvaro Martinez

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Hello Alvaro,
The information you are looking for can be found on the Yocto’s First Step Guide on Digi’s website link below:
http://ftp1.digi.com/support/documentation/90001423_B.pdf

1- “Default network configuration”
DEY allows you to configure the default network settings for your target’s image which will appear in
the /etc/network/interfaces file. This is done in your project’s local.conf file using the following
variables to define your default network settings:

Where n is 0 or 1 depending on the number of available Ethernet interfaces in your platform.
WLAN0_STATIC_IP = “”
WLAN0_STATIC_NETMASK = “”
To configure dynamic IPs, you can use the following configuration:
ETHn_MODE = “dhcp”
WLAN0_MODE = “dhcp”

2- “Adding features to your target image”
Apart from the standard Yocto features, the DEY images introduce some new features that allow for
a certain degree of customization ease.
EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES = “”
Most of the features are automatically selected based on the selected machine. For example, a
machine that supports ALSA will include the dey-audio feature automatically.
A list of new DEY features follows:
• dey-audio: Adds audio support to a platform.
• dey-gstreamer: Adds the gstreamer framework to a platform.
• dey-network: Adds network applications and tools. You can configure some of the network
applications in your conf/local.conf by doing:
VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_ftp-server = “vsftpd”
VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_http-server = “cherokee”
VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_network-utils = “net-tools”
VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_snmp-manager = “net-snmp-server”
VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_ssh_server = “dropbear”