Raspberry Pi : Kernel Image with Wireless (WIFI) support

[Prakash]

Please let me know the steps to create RPi image which would have build in Wireless(WIFI) support. I have a WIFI dongle that would be plugged in at RPi USB port. It should detect the same and be able to access the Internet.

Further I want to make my RPi act as a router such that people can also register / login via our RPi to get access to Internet.

Please let me know steps and process to achieve the same? Also since I am beginner in this Embedded world please provide the steps to create image / configuration explicitly.

Thanks in advance.

[jamesh]

The standard kernel already has wireless support built in. Many Wifi Dongles are already supported as standard.

Making a Linux device (including the Raspi) a wireless access port is perfectly possible - with the right Wifi adapter. There are instructions for doing this at the end of a Google search.

Remember that the Raspi is a standard Linus device - it's not an embedded device as such, so any instructions for a Linux PC will often work on the Raspi.

[Prakash]

I tried many ways to make the Wireless network up but the system gave me errors. A couple of them I remember (sorry I am away from my desktop) where:

nl80211 not found
Not able to authenticate with the driver

Please let me know steps to rectify above issues and where can I get the standard latest kernel (with build in Wireless support for WIFI dongle support). Please let me know how to create and transfer the new kernel image to SD card used for PRi