NetworkingΒΆ

The device has on ethernet interface onboard, which is called eth0. It supports 10/100 Mbit connections and MDI/MDI-X. It ships with the following default network configuration:

Parameter Setting
Linux interface eth0
Connector J2
IPv4 address 192.168.37.250
IPv4 address 255.255.255.0

The interface for CP [1] SLAC [2] is called qca0. It behaves like a usual ethernet interface (including ethtool support). The QCA7000 which is connected via SPI to the i.MX28 runs in burst mode. This interface ships with the following default network configuration.

Parameter Setting
Linux interface qca0
Connector X6
IPv4 address 192.168.66.2
IPv4 address 255.255.255.0

Note: In order to keep compatibility with older BSP the CP interface is renamed during boot from eth1 to qca0.

For a detailed description of all possible settings, please refer to the Debian network documentation.

The following list mentions only some features a Linux system is capable of:

  • IPv4
  • IPv6
  • Unix domain sockets
  • TCP / UDP
  • VLAN, DHCP, Ethernet Bridging ( requires additional configuration )

Footnotes

[1]Control Pilot
[2]Signal Level Attenuation Characterization