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Tronar · 02-20-2012, 12:18 PM

Hallo all,

how can I activate the Wifi connection in the diagnostics mode on a Kindle 4.0.1?

Background: I want to misuse my Kindle as a router. I want it to route the traffic from a PC via USB out into a WLAN. The PC itself does not have a WLAN adapter.

This should be as simple as bringing both network devices up on the Kindle and enabling IP forwarding via "echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward".

Problem: the WLAN interface.
After booting in diagnostics mode, a wlan0 does not even exist. When I activate the "Wifi test" in the menu, I have a wlan0, but it is down.
* ifup wlan0 complains: can't open '/etc/network/interfaces': No such file or directory
* I don't see a DHCP-client anywhere.
* Manually fumbling around with iwconfig and ifconfig results in the wlan0 being "UP" but not "RUNNING". I can set IP address etc, but I never see a hardware address (MAC).

Any advice?

PS: Perhaps one could solve this in the "normal" (as opposed to diagnostic) mode. But I would prefer my Kindle in "normal" mode to work "normally", e.g. having a USB storage device rather than a USB network.

02-20-2012, 12:18 PM	#142
Tronar Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Kindle NT 4.0.1	WLAN in DIAGS mode Hallo all, how can I activate the Wifi connection in the diagnostics mode on a Kindle 4.0.1? Background: I want to misuse my Kindle as a router. I want it to route the traffic from a PC via USB out into a WLAN. The PC itself does not have a WLAN adapter. This should be as simple as bringing both network devices up on the Kindle and enabling IP forwarding via "echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward". Problem: the WLAN interface. After booting in diagnostics mode, a wlan0 does not even exist. When I activate the "Wifi test" in the menu, I have a wlan0, but it is down. * ifup wlan0 complains: can't open '/etc/network/interfaces': No such file or directory * I don't see a DHCP-client anywhere. * Manually fumbling around with iwconfig and ifconfig results in the wlan0 being "UP" but not "RUNNING". I can set IP address etc, but I never see a hardware address (MAC). Any advice? PS: Perhaps one could solve this in the "normal" (as opposed to diagnostic) mode. But I would prefer my Kindle in "normal" mode to work "normally", e.g. having a USB storage device rather than a USB network.