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TrisNguyen
TrisNguyen

Reputation: 601

Android - wlan0 doesn't exist

I'm using galaxy s2 (ROM 4.1.2). I turn off wifi using the command :

netcfg

The above command lists all the available NIC. But it doesn't have "wlan0" in it. I use : 

ifconfig wlan0 up

it shows :

error: SIOCGIFFLAGS (No such device)

Until I turn my wifi function on, the wlan0 added.

Now I'm currently developing the hotspot application so I need to config some options for the wlan0 interface. In my galaxy s1 (ROM 4.2.2). Even when the WIFI function turns off. It still show wlan0 as:

wlan0    DOWN  0.0.0.0/0   0x00001002 00:26:37:63:d8:ab

So my question is: Is there anyway I can add wlan0 even when i don't use WIFI function?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 10132

Answers (1)

sarath
sarath

Reputation: 45

i know i am 1 year late but still .... i just installed busybox and a terminal app and checked all the available interfaces with the following command

busybox ifconfig -a

what i got to know is that the wireless interface for my phone was named as "eth0" instead of "wlan0"

Hope it helps .. better late than never .

Upvotes: 2

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