I have a headless Raspberry PI model B, with a RealTek 802.11n dongle, running the very latest version of Raspbian.
I would like to configure both the wired and wireless connections so that I can choose to plugin to the Ethernet if need be. However, most of the time I would like to connect via wireless. The wireless network utilizes WPA2 Personal with a hidden SSID.
If I boot with both the Ethernet and Wifi plugged in, the network connectivity will work over both Ethernet and WiFi.
If I boot without the Ethernet, I can not connect to the Pi via WiFi.
- About 15-30 seconds after plugging in the Ethernet, both Ethernet and WiFi network connectivity will work.
If I unplug the Ethernet, I can no longer connect to the Pi via WiFi.
Below is my /etc/network/interfaces file. What changes do I need to make so I can use the Wireless connection without the wire? :-)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet static
metric 1
address 192.168.0.144
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
metric 2
address 192.168.0.244
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
wpa-scan-ssid 1
wpa-ap-scan 1
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-proto RSN WPA
wpa-pairwise CCMP TKIP
wpa-group CCMP TKIP
wpa-ssid SSIDWASHERE
wpa-psk PSKWASHERE
