Package to manage wifi hotspot on linux
Project description
Introduction
PyAccessPoint is a package to create a wifi access point on linux. It depends on hostapd for AP provisioning and dnsmasq to assign IP addresses to devices.
Dependencies
So, there 2 types of dependencies: * system dependencies * dnsmasq * hostapd * python3 * python dependencies * wireless * netifaces * psutil
You can not install python dependencies manually, they will be installed while installing the package. If you want to do it manually, just type (or copy, it’s better way :D)
sudo apt install python3-dev python3-pip && sudo pip3 install wireless netifaces psutil
Installation
Install system dependencies
sudo apt update && sudo apt --yes --force-yes install dnsmasq hostapd python3-dev unzip python3-pip
Download latest package
cd ~ && wget --output-document=pyaccesspoint-master.zip https://github.com/Goblenus/pyaccesspoint/archive/master.zip
Unpack downloaded package
unzip pyaccesspoint-master.zip && cd pyaccesspoint-master
Install it
sudo python3 setup.py install
Remove files
cd ~ && sudo rm -rf pyaccesspoint-master.zip pyaccesspoint-master
That is all. Now you can use PyAccessPoint.
One line install:
sudo apt update && sudo apt --yes --force-yes install dnsmasq hostapd python3-dev unzip python3-pip && cd ~ && wget --output-document=pyaccesspoint-master.zip https://github.com/Goblenus/pyaccesspoint/archive/master.zip && unzip pyaccesspoint-master.zip && cd pyaccesspoint-master && sudo python3 setup.py install && cd ~ && sudo rm -rf pyaccesspoint-master.zip pyaccesspoint-master
Usage
You can use it as standalone command line utility: To start
sudo pyaccesspoint start
It will create hotspot named “MyAccessPoint” on wlan0 with “1234567890” password. All arguments you may obtain by typing:
pyaccesspoint --help
To stop
sudo pyaccesspoint stop
You can configure and save config file. This will save you time at the next start
sudo pyaccesspoint -config configure
You config file file will be placed at /etc/accesspoint/accesspoint.json. To start it with config file just type:
sudo pyaccesspoint -config start
Tested
OrangePi Plus with Armbian 5.23
Note
This project is python3 compatible only, python2 is not tested at all.
Idea
This project is fork of https://github.com/prahladyeri/hotspotd (Prahlad Yeri - prahladyeri@yahoo.com)
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