Prerequisites
- Have a V2 board installed with the latest software
- Ensure your computer is configured for Dynamic Ethernet (DHCP)
- If your laptop does not have an ethernet port you will need an usb to ethernet adapter.
Connecting to a WIFI networks
- Connect your V2 board to your laptop/computer via ethernet.
- Your computer will be assigned an automatic ethernet IP address by the DHCP server in the range 192.168.73.x
- if you are not assigned an IP address check your DHCP configuration for windows, mac and linux computers
- Access the admin console using a web browser by entering this address http://192.168.73.1 as shown below: (old builds used 192.168.1.1)
- Login to the boards control panel as the user root
- The default password is tempV2pwd you may have changed it. It’s the same password you use to ssh into the board.
- Select Network > Wifi from the top navigation bar
- Select Scan
- Select your Wifi network from the list
- Select Join Network
- Enter the security credentials for your network
- Select Submit
- Don’t for get to click on Save & Apply to complete the wifi configuration
- You should see the status of your wifi network If successful continue. If not double check your security credentials.
- Select Status > Overview
- Scroll down to the Network section your new IP address is labeled Address as show below
- This ip address will be refereed to as V2_wifiIp
- You can now disconnect your board from ethernet and use it wirelessly
- You can now connect wirelessly to your V2 board
- Using ssh via terminal command ‘ssh root@V2_wifiIp’ with the user name and pass you used in /cgi-bin/luci
- You can also connect via browser to the control panel at http://V2_wifiIp/cgi-bin/luci/
