2024-01-22, 08:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 2024-01-22, 08:31 PM by Boatingbaileys.)
(2024-01-22, 03:57 PM)MigGat Wrote: In Pi5 Bookworm you just need to left-click on the connection icon > Advanced options > Create Wireless Hotspot. Or if you already have one, Edit connections.
There you can setup the hotspot on wlan0 and share the connection with other networks.
(2024-01-22, 05:53 PM)Boatingbaileys Wrote: Not a problem - I think something strange is going on but I'm not sure its OP related. I think this is in the OS code.
Ok - I've got this working, but on a reboot, the virtual interface disappears and I have to recreate it, so I need to work out how to stop that happening.
Here is what I did:
sudo iw phy0 interface add vap0 type __ap
Then in the network manager, you can see the virtual AP, called vap0. I then set that up as a hotspot, had to force 2.4 GHz, select vap0 in device, create the SSID. I'm using WPA/WAP2/WAP3 as the security type otherwise I can't join it. IPv4 settings - Method Shared to other computers and i've created an IP address range 10.1.1. 24 10.1.1.1 in my case. Then I joined my home network (remember this has to be the same band as the hosted network) so 2.4 in my case, bounced things a couple of times and its working. My phone joined it and I have internet access through the pi.
ifconfig shows ips on both vap0 and wlan0 in the correct networks.
Any chance you can bring the app back