Guruplug plus and Networking

[tno]

hi,

i've encountered several problems integrating the guruplug in my network.

• If I connect the plug with a gigabit switch before booting, the plug will not complete boot and reboot
• If I connect the plug with the same switch after successful boot, the plug will crash

I read the latest threads in this forum and realized I am not the only one who has experienced these problems.
Can anybody tell if this is hardware or software related? Depending on the answer I would consider returning my plug.
Following the suggestions in these threads I've temporarily connected the plug with a 100Mbit switch.

• In order to access the plug using the cable connection I still have to tell it to switch wlan from AP mode to client mode
• Following that I have no internet access

So I edited /root/init_setup.sh to give the access point a different IP (192.168.1.1 belongs to my router) and to "ifup eth0"
Furthermore, I added the line "iface eth0 inet dhcp" to /etc/network/interfaces .
This finally got me internet access. Now I am wondering: What I am doing wrong? It should not be that complicated, should it?

Thanks for reading
tno

[ulterior]

I have experienced my plug getting pretty hot even when plugged into 100tx.

I actually commented that script out of /etc/rc.local. It baffles my why they'd use a script to do that. Its pretty poor form.

This is how to make your plug come up with wifi as a client:

cp /root/firmware/sd8688* /lib/firmware/
then edit /etc/modules and add libertas_sdio .

Now, if you dont know how to configure the wifi with debian's builting network coniguration facilities, here is how you would do it for a network using wep and a static ip:

edit /etc/network/interfaces

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
 wireless-essid <ssid>
 wireless-mode managed
 wireless-key <wep key>
 address 192.168.1.110
 gateway 192.168.1.1
 netmask 255.255.255.0
 network 192.168.1.0
 broadcast 192.168.1.255

for wep/dhcp:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
 wireless-essid <ssid>
 wireless-mode managed
 wireless-key <wep key>

for wpa/dhcp:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
    wpa-ssid mynetworkname
    wpa-psk mysecretpassphrase

//ulterior