TS-4900 Wifi Access Point: Difference between revisions
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This will | This will start up an access point that can be detected by WIFI clients. A DHCP server will likely be desired to assign IP addresses.. Refer to [https://wiki.debian.org/DHCP_Server Debian's documentation for more details on DHCP configuration]. |
Revision as of 13:33, 10 February 2017
First install hostapd to manage the access point:
apt-get update && apt-get install hostapd -y
Edit /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf to include:
interface=wlan0 driver=nl80211 ssid=YourAPName channel=1
Note: | Refer to the kernel's hostapd documentation for more wireless configuration options. |
To start the access point launch hostapd:
hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf &
This will start up an access point that can be detected by WIFI clients. A DHCP server will likely be desired to assign IP addresses.. Refer to Debian's documentation for more details on DHCP configuration.