C. WiMAX Mobile Stations

C.1 Linux Laptop with WiMAX Modem Card

C.1.1 Installing Image

Samsung NC10 NetBook

The firmware, tools , network service and the patch were downloaded from ​LinuxWimax

1. Compile a Linux Kernel to Version greater than 2.6.35 and reboot into that kernel.
   

2. Install the i2400m firmware
   Download the firmware 1.5.1 version.
   Untar the source , cd to the directory and
   

     install -o root -g root -m 0644 *.sbcf /lib/firmware
   

3. Install the Wimax Tools
   

First install libnl and libnl's development packages

   apt-get install libnl libnl-dev
   cd ~Download/wimax-tools-1.4.3
   export I2400M=/lib/firmware/
   ./configure
   make
   make install

4. Build the libeap library
   To do that first install openssl libraries.
   

   apt-get install libglobus-openssl libglobus-openssl-dev libssl-dev 
   

Download the Supplicant from ​wpa-supplicant Untar and unzip the download

cd ~Downloads/wpa_supplicant-0.6.10
patch -p1 < PATH/wpa_supplicant-0.6.10-generate-libeap-peer.patch 
make -C src/eap_peer
make -C src/eap_peer install
ldconfig 

Please do not forget to run ldconfig otherwise you will not be able to build the Wimax-Tools from Intel.

5. Build the Intel-Wimax-Tools Untar and unzip the downloaded source and

   cd ~Downloads/wimax-1.5.1
   

Geni Configuration Instructions

./configure --with-linux=/usr --with-libwimaxll=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --prefix=/usr --enable-instrument
make
make install

C.1.2 Using the Service

1. wimaxcu ron - Turn the Software Radio On
   

2. wimaxcu plist - Check to See Geni Profile is Available
   

3. wimaxcu scan wide - Scan all the available Base Stations
   

4. wimaxcu connect network Geni - Connect to the GENI wimax station
   

5. dhclient wmx0 - Obtain an IP address
   

C.1.3 Official Image

Based on Ubuntu 10.04 with compiled Kernel .35 and the Intel WiMAX driver source compiled on 8/25/2010 and with the GENI configuration file;

latest image for NC10!