TS-4900 Wifi Access Point: Difference between revisions
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First | First, hostapd needs to be installed in order to manage the access point on the device: | ||
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apt-get update && apt-get install hostapd -y | apt-get update && apt-get install hostapd -y | ||
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Edit /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf to include: | Edit /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf to include the following lines: | ||
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interface=wlan0 | interface=wlan0 | ||
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{{Note|Refer to the [http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd kernel's hostapd documentation] for more wireless configuration options.}} | {{Note|Refer to the [http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd kernel's hostapd documentation] for more wireless configuration options.}} | ||
To start the access point launch hostapd: | To start the access point launch hostapd: | ||
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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 | 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 18:00, 14 February 2017
First, hostapd needs to be installed in order to manage the access point on the device:
apt-get update && apt-get install hostapd -y
Edit /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf to include the following lines:
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.