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+ | ====== ABANDONED PROJECT: Convert a Linux Box into a Wifi Router ====== | ||
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+ | **Update 02/18/2013: it whould be a nice idea to retake this project to make it on the raspberry Pi...** | ||
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+ | **Don' | ||
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+ | ===== The problem ===== | ||
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+ | In my fathers-in-law home there is a PC connected to the internet. However, there is no wifi router. I could do two things: | ||
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+ | * Spend from 60 to 100 euros in buying one or, | ||
+ | * Convert his Ubuntu into a wifi hotspot | ||
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+ | I will investigate how to do the latter, because I think that it could be useful in the future. | ||
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+ | ===== Making some searchs in internet ===== | ||
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+ | Most promising link: | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | http:// | ||
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+ | http:// | ||
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+ | http:// | ||
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+ | ===== What I've done ===== | ||
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+ | I am using Ubuntu, so I've decided to install hostapd just out of the software center. The simpler, the better. | ||
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+ | In the configuration file, I've changed the following lines: | ||
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+ | < | ||
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+ | ssid=Put_the_name_you_want | ||
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+ | # in my case, the country code is Spain, in your case, choose what corresponds | ||
+ | country_code=ESP | ||
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+ | hw_mode=g | ||
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+ | wpa = 3 | ||
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+ | wpa_passphrase=your_password_here | ||
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+ | wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK WPA-EAP | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | Just after saving the data, run hostapd in debug mode: | ||
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+ | < | ||
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+ | / | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | ===== If there are problems ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Appear the error " | ||
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+ | Of course, always there are problems. | ||
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+ | I found an error '' | ||
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+ | < | ||
+ | ifconfig wlan0 down | ||
+ | ifconfig wlan0 up | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | ==== Appear the error " | ||
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+ | I've researched this point, and it seems that there must be a wpa_supplicant command that probably is failing in Ubuntu. | ||
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+ | Following the instructions here. | ||
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+ | http:// | ||
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+ | It seems that the command wpa_supplicant must be run smoothly, but it doesn' | ||
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