[a3nm]

Nice idea, but it doesn't work. Here is what I get when loading the appropriate Wifi modules to make the interface show up, setting it up, and assigning an address:

[root@(none) /root]# busybox insmod /drivers/ntx508/wifi/sdio_wifi_pwr.ko
[root@(none) /root]# busybox insmod /drivers/ntx508/wifi/dhd.ko
[root@(none) /root]# /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
[root@(none) /root]# /sbin/ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.2
[root@(none) /root]# /sbin/ifconfig eth0 
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:90:A2:BF:DB:53  
          inet addr:192.168.0.2  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

However, trying to run the web browser still triggers a "scanning for networks" dialog, so nickel must be checking something else. Thanks for the suggestion, still...