Wireless Programming

lucky6969b · 12-24-2005, 03:16 AM

A wireless programming job is required by my senior
The equipment is a SBC with Armbe-linux to a nearby computer. I wonder where can I look to get me started?
especially like inetnet or ipxnet headers or something like that?
Thanks
Jack

lucky6969b · 12-28-2005, 09:55 PM

What about General Wireless Network programming then?

lucky6969b · 12-28-2005, 10:38 PM

What is the corresponding interface name for wireless LAN?
For Ethernet = eth0
For Serial port = stty0
etc
Thx
Jack

Ha1f · 12-28-2005, 10:49 PM

ath0 for wireless

lucky6969b · 12-29-2005, 12:09 AM

whoops...doesn't exist even in a global search
find -name ath0
..
Thx
Jack

Nylex · 12-29-2005, 12:19 AM

Try wlan0.

lucky6969b · 12-29-2005, 12:34 AM

Whoops... doesn't exist either. Does this mean I haven't installed the driver on my Linux PC? Thx
Jack

exvor · 12-30-2005, 08:53 AM

Wireless can showup as eth0 as well. My oronico pcmcia wireless card shows up at eth0

You can figure out what the wireless interface name is by searching though dmesg.

the command illustrated below will help

Code:

 

user@linuxcomp: dmesg | less

as for programming I would suspect that you would be doing just regular network tcp/ip or other protocol programming. Wireless is really transparent at that level because programming is the software layer of the network stack as hardware is another.