Z-Com XG-762N manual Getting Start, Load the driver, Open the network interface

3. Getting Start

3.1 Load the driver

Generally, the driver is automatically loaded when the XG-762N dongle inserts. If not, one can use the modprobe ¨Cv XG-762N to load our driver. In order to check whether our driver is loaded successfully, one can use the ¡°lsmod¡±f or t hi s check. If our dri ver i s loaded successfully, the following messages should be seen

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XG-762N 183576 0 (unused)

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Please note that the 183576 may not be the same as that in your system.

3.2 Open the network interface

In our driver, we will stop all the commands until the network interface assigned to us is opened. You can open the network interface by the following command

]$ ifconfig ethX up or

]$ ifconfig ethX <IP address>

3.3 Configure the Wireless settings

In our driver, we support the wireless extension commands to control our driver.

PARAMETERS: essid :

Set the ESSID (or Network Name - in some products it may also called Domain ID). The ESSID is used to identify cells which are part of the same virtual network.

Examples:

iwconfig ethX essid <ESSID>

mode:

Set the operation mode of our device.

Examples:

iwconfig ethX <mode>

mode:

Managed (Infrastructure Station mode) Ah-hoc (Ad hoc mode)

Master (Access Point mode)

channel:

Set the channel in the device.

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