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<p>Outsourced</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>If the [[PineCube]] will have a wired Ethernet connection to the main network it is possible to use it as a WiFi access point, possibly extending your existing network to further outside. Here are some steps you can take to do this starting from an Armbian system as a starting point. Note that you may need to upgrade your kernel to 5.13.x for this to work well.<br /> <br /> * Install bridge-utils package using apt-get<br /> * Add the following to your /etc/network/interfaces to set up both the eth0 Ethernet interface and the br0 bridge interface (change br0 to manual if static IP is preferred)<br /> <br /> /etc/network/interfaces:<br /> auto eth0<br /> iface eth0 inet manual<br /> pre-up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE up<br /> pre-down /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE down<br /> auto br0<br /> iface br0 inet dhcp<br /> bridge_ports eth0<br /> bridge_stp on<br /> <br /> * Edit the /etc/default/hostapd uncommenting the line with 'DAEMON_CONF=&quot;/etc/hostapd.conf&quot;'<br /> * Edit the /etc/hostapd.conf to set the SSID, password and channel for your AP.<br /> * Run &lt;code&gt;sudo systemctl enable hostapd.service&lt;/code&gt; to enable the hostapd service on startup<br /> * Reboot your cube with the ethernet cable connected<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:PineCube]]</div>

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