MaStr
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7 years ago The problem is a conflicting udev rule together with wifi detection. The udev rule starts on each detected wifi device (wlan*). This triggers starter.sh (https://github.com/PirateBox-Dev/PirateBoxScripts_Webserver/blob/master/piratebox/piratebox/rpi/bin/starter.sh#L3).
If starter.sh is able to find a valid wifi device, it starts the piratebox automatically.
wifi_detect.sh https://github.com/PirateBox-Dev/PirateBoxScripts_Webserver/blob/master/piratebox/piratebox/rpi/bin/wifi_detect.sh Detects the needed hostap version based on any device-driver message. It favors nl80211 over every other wifi device. The result is, that the realtek chipsets won't come in place, if needed. Or another option is that the onboard device of RPi3 over-rules always.
My assumption for a manual fix (not script fix) is:
- Remove udev rule
- Manually install needed hostap version
- adjust opt/piratebox/conf/hostapd.conf & piratebox.conf (wifi adapter name)
- Enable USB probing in piratebox.conf
- Enable PirateBox for startup via systemctl
A script fix might be something like:
- User changes udev rule to the wifi device he wants to use
- It is possible to pass the device name the udev rule works on to the called script and limit the search for the given device
- prevent duplicate execution
ref: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev/udev.html http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html
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https://forum.piratebox.cc/read.php?7,19718
Seems there are inconsistencies or other things that prevent a smooth transition between onboard wifi to external wifi.