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Rpi wifi as Access Point and Client - CapnRon - 2018-04-09
The wifi of the Raspberry Pi 3 (in particular) has the capability of being set up both as an Access Point and a Client simultaneously. This is useful because you can use the AP feature to connect to other data sources on the boat and still have a connection to an internet provider at dock (or anchor if available). Can you modify the wifi setup in OpenPlotter to enable this mode of operation? I don't believe this is the case currently (but I will go back and check again)
RE: Rpi wifi as Access Point and Client - Sailoog - 2018-04-09
Sounds good, do you have any settings example?
RE: Rpi wifi as Access Point and Client - CapnRon - 2018-04-09
I am running two systems (SD cards) one has a stand alone SignalK Node Server, the other is running OpenPlotter. Both have the latest stable configurations. I am in the process of trying to implement this on the stand alone system, but I need to backup my system first. Or I may try it on a new card.
I have seen two examples of being able to do this.
https://github.com/peebles/rpi3-wifi-station-ap
this is the other example (it claims you need to upgrade to Stretch - which I have not done yet):
https://pifi.imti.co/