Configure device as Hotspot (client + wireless AP)

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Strategy: Wait ZynthianOS See https://github.com/PedalPi/Application/issues/61#issuecomment-366434277

User cards

WiFi

• Usuário *compra Pedal Pi (Compra)
• Usuário liga o equipamento
• • Pedal Pi inicia com uma rede wifi Pedal Pi sem senha
• Usuário conecta (usa a rede wifi) um dispositivo móvel com o Pedal Pi
• Usuário acessa o aplicativo controlador
• • Aplicativo acha o pedal pi e conecta-o

Ethernet

• Usuário *compra Pedal Pi (Compra)
• Usuário liga o equipamento
• Usuário conecta cabo ethernet
• • Aplicativo acha o pedal pi e conecta-o

Change password connections

• Usuário acessa aplicativo controlador > Configurações > Conexões
• Usuário pode mudar:
• • Nome da rede wifi
• • Senha da rede wifi
• Usuário também pode mudar:
• • Rede wifi que o Pedal Pi pode se conectar

Material

Pi 3 as wiireless client and wireless AP?: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=938306&sid=b950f5108774f76e0f3876c87c195961#p938306

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• Raspberry manual: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/access-point.md
• Elinux manual: http://elinux.org/RPI-Wireless-Hotspot
• Python library hotspotd
  • https://github.com/prahladyeri/hotspotd
  • https://github.com/0x90/hotspotd
• https://github.com/PedalPi/Raspberry-Network/issues/11

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[CREATE ISSUE] Custom localhost name: https://www.howtogeek.com/167195/how-to-change-your-raspberry-pi-or-other-linux-devices-hostname/

1. edit local host via sudo nano /etc/hosts
2. edit hostname via sudo nano /etc/hostname
3. update the hostname initialization via sudo /etc/init.d/hostname.sh
4. sudo /etc/init.d/hostname.sh start

• Avahi support and access with devicename.local: https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/7647

[SrMouraSilva]

Increase entropy

sudo apt-get install rng-tools

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rng-tools

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Configure network

/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hotspotd/run.conf
interface=wlan0
#driver=rtl871xdrv
ssid=Pedal Pi
hw_mode=g
channel=6
macaddr_acl=0
auth_algs=1
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
wpa=2
wpa_passphrase=pedal-pi
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
rsn_pairwise=CCMP

ieee80211n=1              # 802.11n support
wmm_enabled=1         # QoS support
ht_capab=[HT40][SHORT-GI-20][DSSS_CCK-40]

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Start

sudo ifdown wlan0

sudo hotspotd stop
sudo hotspotd start
#sudo ifup wlan0

[SrMouraSilva]

Script that peoples working:

rpi-roam-webapp

This package wirelessly connects a Raspberry Pi to available WiFi networks and bridges the connection to an access point.

You will need a Raspberry Pi 3 and an extra WiFi adapter.

• Link: https://github.com/WebMaestroFr/rpi-roam-webapp/blob/master/roam/setup.sh
• Based in https://gist.github.com/Lewiscowles1986/fecd4de0b45b2029c390