Currently there is a problem with setting DNS from the BOOT parameter
Ideally Webconverger should be deployed in a wired network with a DHCP server. If you only have wireless Internet access you probably need a Wireless router.
Otherwise you can set the IP manually:
ip=IFACE,ADDRESS,NETMASK,GATEWAY[:IFACE,ADDRESS,NETMASK,GATEWAY]*
Let you specify the name(s) and the options of the interface(s) that should be configured at
boot time. Do not specify this if you want to use dhcp (default).
An example at the bootup prompt:
live ip=eth0,192.168.1.22,255.255.255.0,192.168.1.1
- eth0 means the first interface (you won’t need to change this usually)
- 192.168.1.22 is the IP address
- 255.255.255.0 is the netmask
- 192.168.1.1 is the gateway
Non-standard network (wireless) setups can be customised as a service of Webconverger.com.
Wireless hardware
Please purchase Linux compatible wireless hardware. Else making your wireless work with Webconverger will be very difficult!
Other wireless chipsets known to work:
- most intel based cards
- most atheros based cards
- ipw3945
- ipw2200
- ipw2100
- rt2x00
- rt2570
Wireless devices that require Window’s drivers wrappers such as ndiswrapper or fw-cutter etc. are too painful to integrate with Webconverger. In many cases it simply cannot be done without actually having the device and preparing ‘one off’ packages.
Further links regarding Wireless hardware
Getting a Windows wireless device working
This is a developer reference.
Get the Win32 drivers:
x40:~/webc/wifi% ls
ar5523.bin ar5523.sys net5523.cat net5523.inf
Prime your chroot:
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils ndiswrapper-source
Build the ndiswrapper module for your distribution and architecture:
m-a prepare
m-a a-i ndiswrapper
With any luck, you’ll have made a Debian package, like:
/usr/src/ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.22-2-686_1.47-2+2.6.22-4_i386.deb
Install that package. You want that in your config/chroot_local-packages.
Configure your (chroot) system for the device
sudo ndiswrapper -i net5523.inf
sudo ndiswrapper -l
sudo ndiswrapper -m
Another guide.
Wireless router (recommended)
A Linksys WRT54G in Wireless Client mode is a very good solution for wireless kiosk access. They are about 50USD and this dedicated hardware provides excellent Wireless access without the complication of often proprietary Wireless drivers for each client. The highly recommended Linksys WRT54G allows at least four machines to easily plug into the router.
Also the blog entry on this topic: [[Better Routing wanted]]
Recommended firmware:
