www.ipfire.org - Configuration for the WlanAP

Step 1:

Copy the firmware to /lib/firmware/mrvl/* and the program uaputl to /usr/bin/. These files can be downloaded from the DreamPlug-Site or from the link (DreamPlug Downloads).
After restarting IPFire the Wlan-interface can be configured over the setup menu.

Note!
The interface will be identified as “Unknown Network Interface uap0” during the setup. The Hostapd Addon is not compatible with this hardware.

Therefore the WlanAP must be configured with the program uaputl.

Step 2:

The following link Dreamplug Downloads contains a zip-File (uaputl.zip), which includes the config-file (uaputl.conf).

Step 3:

Adapt the file /root/uaputl.conf
- I made the following changes:

SSID="Marvell Micro AP"        # SSID of Micro AP
# AuthMode=0 Comment this line out
Protocol=32                    # 32: WPA2
# WPA/WPA2 PSK setting
PairwiseCipher=8               # Pairwise cipher type  8: AES CCMP
GroupCipher=8                  # group cipher type 8: AES CCMP
PSK="1234567890"               # WPA/WPA2 passphrase

The other settings are OK.

Commands to start the WlanAP

/usr/bin/uaputl -i blue0 sys_config /root/uaputl.conf
/usr/bin/uaputl -i blue0 bss_start

Commands to stop the WlanAP

/usr/bin/uaputl -i blue0 bss_stop
/usr/bin/uaputl -i blue0 sys_reset

Automatically start the WlanAP at system start

Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/rc.local
I copied both files uaputl.conf and the script that you will find at the end of this site into the home-directory of root (/root/)

Only one entry is needed (rc.local):

/root/<Name of the script> start

Note!
If the configuration file is not successfully loaded but the AP is activated, you have an open Wlan because default values are loaded.

Other configurations
After these steps you can configure the remaining settings over the web interface (access to blue, DHCP, etc.)

Script to start, restart and stop

#!/bin/bash
interface="blue0"
pfadUaputlConfig="/root/uaputl.conf"

starteWlanAP(){
  if [ -e $pfadUaputlConfig ]; then
    /usr/bin/uaputl -i $interface sys_config $pfadUaputlConfig
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then # Checks if the last command was successfully completed  (exit 0)
/usr/bin/uaputl -i $interface bss_start
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    # Set Wlan Led
    echo 1 > `eval ls /sys/class/leds/dreamplug\:blue\:wlanap/brightness`
fi
    fi
else
echo "Configuration file couldn't be found $pfadUaputlConfig"
exit 1;

fi
return 0
}

stopWlanAp(){
# Reset config
/usr/bin/uaputl -i $interface bss_stop
sleep 1
/usr/bin/uaputl -i $interface sys_reset
echo 0 > `eval ls /sys/class/leds/dreamplug\:blue\:wlanap/brightness`
}

#Startpoint
  if [ $# = 1 ]; then # Checks for one parameter
        if [ $1 == start ]; then # If the first parameter is start
starteWlanAP
    elif [ $1 == restart ]; then
stopWlanAp
starteWlanAP
    elif [ $1 == stop ]; then
stopWlanAp
    else
    echo "Invalid parameter ; $1"
    echo "Possible parameter: start, restart or stop"
    fi
else
echo "One parameter necessary: start, restart or stop"
fi

Configuration for the WlanAP - DreamPlug