Using puppy as a wifi router - SOLVED
Using puppy as a wifi router - SOLVED
Hi everyone,
Need some help with connection sharing, ultimately a step by step guide since i am quite new puppy user.
I need to share the internet connection i have on etho through wlan0, to operate my puppy machine as wifi access point. Tried shareinternet app from the forum without much luck, probably i could not configure it properly. So would be great if someone can advice me how to do this kind of connection sharing.
Thanks in advance!
Need some help with connection sharing, ultimately a step by step guide since i am quite new puppy user.
I need to share the internet connection i have on etho through wlan0, to operate my puppy machine as wifi access point. Tried shareinternet app from the forum without much luck, probably i could not configure it properly. So would be great if someone can advice me how to do this kind of connection sharing.
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by gampr01 on Tue 06 May 2014, 15:19, edited 1 time in total.
I did it using slacko 5.6 to connect a wifi not-3G tablet sharing the connection of a netbook with a 3G dongle. I followed the simplified how-to by SFR:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=87584
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=87584
My /etc/hostapd.conf:
Install shareinternet and hostapd in a frugal install. Connect to internet. Then:
Do not close the urxvt session. Launch shareinternet. Scan wifi ap on other device searching NetLink ssid. Connect using your passphrase and wpa2, Done.
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interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
ssid=NetLink
hw_mode=g
channel=6
macaddr_acl=0
auth_algs=1
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
wpa=2
wpa_passphrase=xxxxxxxxxx
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
rsn_pairwise=CCMP
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ifconfig wlan0 up 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
hostapd /etc/hostapd.conf
Worked with Slacko 5.7 non-PAE!
Good news! this worked with Slacko 5.7. Have tried on Racy without result - for some reason bridge mode was shown as non existant.
The guide from here http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 42&t=84269 worked on Slacko as is.
Tried also the solution using Hostapd and Shareinternet. The network showed up, but for some reason was not accepting any connections. Tried the solutions by SFR in the thread http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=87584, same result.
The guide from here http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 42&t=84269 worked on Slacko as is.
Tried also the solution using Hostapd and Shareinternet. The network showed up, but for some reason was not accepting any connections. Tried the solutions by SFR in the thread http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=87584, same result.