Changes between Version 25 and Version 26 of expansion/mezzanine

Timestamp:

08/14/2019 04:09:55 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Ryan Erbstoesser

Comment:

correct spelling for 16081 example and add some links

expansion/mezzanine

@@ -90 +90 @@
 No software support is needed for the GW16081
 
-== Newport Family Multi-Radio Access Point Example ==
+=== Newport Family Multi-Radio Access Point Example with GW16081 ===
 [[Image(MultiradioAP.jpg,300px)]]
 
@@ -114 +114 @@
 Note the GW16081 also supports USB signaling to the Mini-PCIe sites so a combination of !WiFi and Cellular radios could be used with these configurations. The GW6400 board also has a USB only Mini-PCIe site that can be used as well for other radio types. 
 
-As a technology demonstration, Gateworks compined a GW6300 plus GW16081 with 9x GW17032 (WLE900VX, ATH10k) radios. Each radio then was configured as an access points.  This configuration can be achieved very simply using the following steps. 
-
-- Attach radios to both boards, attach expansion board to SBC 
-- Attach barrel jack power to expansion board.  The radios are going to draw more power than can be can be provided through the mezzinene expansion header    
+As a technology demonstration, Gateworks compined a GW6300 plus GW16081 with 9x GW17032 (WLE900VX, ATH10k) radios. Each radio then was configured as an access point.  This configuration can be achieved very simply using the following steps:
+
+- Attach radios to both boards, attach expansion board (GW16081) to Newport SBC 
+- Attach barrel jack power to expansion board (GW16081).  The radios are going to draw more power than can be can be provided through the mezzanine expansion header    
 - Attach POE, or barrel jack power to SBC
-- Using your perfered method install your perfered BSP, during this testing Ubuntu Bionic with 4.20 kernel was used
-- Boot Bionic download necessary software and scripts 
+- Using a preferred method, install a preferred BSP. During this testing Ubuntu Bionic with a 4.20 kernel was used [wiki:newport/bsp#BSPPre-BuiltFirmwareImages Download Pre-Built Ubuntu Bionic for Newport]
+- Boot Ubuntu Bionic and then download necessary software and scripts 
  - 
 {{{ 
@@ -134 +134 @@
 chmod +x hostapd-conf
 }}}
-- Configure radions as AP's
+- Configure radios as AP's (Access Points)
  - For a full overview see [wiki:/wireless/wifi#hostapd here]
  - Verify available channels 
@@ -173 +173 @@
 165      5825  HT20 HT40 HT40+ VHT20 VHT40 VHT80
 }}}
- - Using this information create .conf file for each radio
+ - Using this information create .conf file for each radio (below command is just for first radio, wlan0)
 {{{
 ./hostapd-conf wlan0 testlan0 161 VHT80 testlan0
@@ -189 +189 @@
 wlan0: AP-ENABLED 
 }}}
-- Enjoy your AP's
+- Enjoy the Access Points (APs):
 
 [[Image(Image-1.jpg, 300px)]]