The following steps were performed on Raspbian but should be much the same on any Debian-based distro.Ģ. Join the WiFi and Ethernet networks together by using Network Address Translation.Assign dynamic IP addresses to any device that connects to WiFi network.Enable a WiFi Access Point and broadcast on the channel of your choice.Raspberry Pi as the bridge to the internet.

It allows you to connect to the internet over WiFi using the The Raspberry Pi is configured as a WiFi Hotspot, just like you would see You will find yourself in a simple editor. To edit a configuration file (for example /etc/nf) use the following command Very basic Linux and networking knowledge would be useful, but not essential. This project does not require any coding or compilation.

Ralink RT5370 and RT5372 DO support Access Point.

Panda Wireless Ultra, Mid-Range, 300Mbps and Dual Band Wireless N adapters support Access Point.

AirLink 101 / AWL5088 does NOT support Access Point.

Updated project has rtl drivers in hostapd 2.4: Raspberry Hotspot with Edimax USB WiFi Adapter)

Edimax does NOT support Access Point ( UPDATE 8/22/15: Edimax DOES support Access point.

Please make sure you Wifi dongle supports Access Point or Master Mode

This documentation does not fully work on Raspbian Stretch.

An Ethernet cable to connect to the local network.

A USB WiFi device that supports 'Access Point' mode the Raspberry Pi 3 has a built-in AP Wi-Fi module.

Any Raspberry Pi, model B with power supply.

This project configures your Raspberry Pi to connect to the Internet through ethernet, and share that connection over WiFi.

6.2 5 GHz ieee80211ac example configuration.

6.1 2.4 GHz ieee80211n example configuration.

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