PyAccessPoint 0.2.0

Package to manage wifi hotspot on linux

Introduction

PyAccessPoint is a package to create a wifi access point on linux. Itdepends 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

1. Install system dependencies

   sudo apt update && sudo apt --yes --force-yes install dnsmasq hostapd python3-dev unzip python3-pip

2. Download latest package

   cd ~ && wget --output-document=pyaccesspoint-master.zip https://github.com/Goblenus/pyaccesspoint/archive/master.zip

3. Unpack downloaded package

   unzip pyaccesspoint-master.zip && cd pyaccesspoint-master

4. Install it

   sudo python3 setup.py install

5. 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 them 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 - [e-mail])