Armbian internet setup

root-hub · 2018-10-09T13:22:28.442Z

How do i connect to internet when booted on to armbain?

Abhishek · 2018-10-09T15:48:20.592Z

Its a normal debian system, standard debian/linux instructions apply.

Specifically to connect to wifi, use, for example:

sudo nmtui

root-hub · 2018-10-09T17:11:31.029Z

Thanks I quickly realized what i was asking was pretty simple to work out.

also for anyone who finds them self here, armbian-config pulls up the network interface

N1YD · 2024-10-17T20:04:25.660Z

I just installed Armbian, and I have a few tips and comments about making it work. First, the command to unpack the .xz image file is “unxz”. Then it can be written to SD card using the dd command.

Since the Dreamcatcher has no display connector, you have to use its USB power connector to get a terminal. This is known as “USB On the Go”. You might just connect your home computer to the Dreamcatcher’s power connector, or you might need to use a powered USB hub. Once your computer is connect to the Dreamcatcher, use this Linux command to get a terminal: screen /dev/ttyACM0 115200 Your device name may vary. 115200 is the baud rate. Then you can do sudo nmtui-connect to set up wireless networking. After that, you will be able to login normally using a command like ssh 192.168.1.35 -l othernet Your IP address may vary.

Stretch is very old, so you should change the /etc/apt/sources.list file to use the archived update libraries. Here is what I ended up using:

deb Index of /debian stretch main contrib non-free
#deb-src Index of /debian stretch main contrib non-free

deb Index of /debian stretch-backports main contrib non-free
#deb-src Index of /debian stretch-backports main contrib non-free

deb Index of /debian stretch-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://archive.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free

With that updated file, these commands will let you get the final stretch updates:
sudo apt-get --allow-unauthenticated
sudo apt full-upgrade
The main reason to update sources.list is to make it possible to get new packages as needed. For example, I
really like the neofetch program, and it easily installed for me with sudo apt install neofetch

The second SD card slot is /dev/mmcblk1p1, and it can be mounted and used like any other drive.

The end result: ssh works fine. scp works fine for file copy. The nano editor works fine. Compilers and scripts work fine. It is a genuine Debian Linux system. neofetch shows that it has an ARMV7 processor running at 1 GHz, with 240 MB of memory. Some people are using Dreamcatchers for radio projects like ADS-B, radio chat using a UHF antenna, or amateur radio chat using the LNB.