Changes between Version 60 and Version 61 of wireless/wifi

Timestamp:

06/18/2021 06:11:00 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

Cale Collins

Comment:

refined instructions for Routed Access Point when using Ubuntu

wireless/wifi

@@ -488 +488 @@
 
 Configuration:
-
+1. Kill systemd-resolved process to avoid conflict with dnsmasq
+{{{#!bash
+systemctl stop systemd-resolved
+systemctl mask systemd-resolved
+}}}
+1. Remove simlinked resolve.conf and recreate the file with your prefered nameserver
+{{{
+rm /etc/resolv.conf
+echo nameserver 8.8.8.8 | tee /etc/resolv.conf
+}}}
+1. Update apt-get and install dnsmasq
+{{{#!bash
+apt-get update
+apt-get install dnsmasq -y
+}}}
 1. configure your WAN and WLAN interfaces in /etc/network/interfaces. Here we will use eth0 as our WAN configured to obtain IP configuration via DHCP from the upstream provider and wlan0 as our WLAN configured with a DHCP server for a private subnet on the 10.0.0/24 network:
 {{{#!bash
@@ -512 +526 @@
 dhcp-range=10.0.0.10,10.0.0.200,2h
 EOF
+}}}
+1. Restart the dnsmasq service
+{{{#!bash
+systemctl restart dnsmasq
 }}}
 1. configure Linux NAT routing. We will do this for the current boot and use that configuration to store hooks for subsequent reboots:
@@ -530 +548 @@
 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
 }}}
+1.  Kick off your AP
+{{{#!bash
+hostapd hostapd-phy1.conf &
+}}}
+