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So my goal basically is as mentioned to share internet from one RPI (connected to internet via ethernet cable) with second RPI using p2p. Now, i connected two RPIs following this guide:

https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/q ... -fi-direct

and got them both ping-ing each other. Each p2p-wlan0 has its IP address but i am unable to connect to internet with second one. I would be glad for any help, especially more detailed not like "do DHCP stuff" but would appreciate link to config or basic steps since i am not very skilled.

I am using only implemented p2p module, but if there is another "working" solution for example if u have any experience with batman-adv i would certainly try it.

EDIT: Actually just found this:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... s-point.md
but not yet tested. May this thing be "the thing"?

if you want to keep the "ad-hoc" (or peer2peer) wifi link then I guess you are basically just missing a couple of simple "iptables" rules in the Pi with internet access to get it to route the traffic from the other Pi. You will still have to configure ip-adress and DNS server manually for the "other" pi.
(this is one example I belive: http://www.revsys.com/writings/quicktips/nat.html this is not a guide for Debian so some things might be slightly different on debian.)

But the "Pi as an AccessPoint" method you linked to is probably a more common solution, even if it involves more software. But you then have a AP to connect other wireless devices to too if you want.

Thanks for guidance. Yeah, goal is to do this in "ad-hoc" style. I just wonder if "virtual" p2p-wlan0-0 ip address on second Pi (created during p2p connection) counts as sufficient for this or should be configured on wlan0 interface also.

Stanley783 wrote:Thanks for guidance. Yeah, goal is to do this in "ad-hoc" style. I just wonder if "virtual" p2p-wlan0-0 ip address on second Pi (created during p2p connection) counts as sufficient for this or should be configured on wlan0 interface also.

Both ends of the p2p link must have a complete network config: address + netmask + gateway

Example:
* 1st pi ( the one with ethernet )
adress 192.168.10.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.10.1

* 2nd pi
address 192.168.10.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.10.1

EDIT: i understood but that was not what i asked, anyway i got it running aferwards, thanks topguy for hints

after pairing and NOT configuring IP stuff:

RPI 1 (p2p-wlan0-0: IP 169.254.207.187 mask 255.255.0.0) netstat -nr RPI 2 (p2p-wlan0-0: IP 169.254.54.224 mask 255.255.0.0) netstat -nr
first i edited /etc/network/interfaces and added
which did nothing when typed "ifconfig" so i commented/deleted those


then i did on RPI 2
and on RPI 1 edited /etc/sysctl.conf and wrote after that on RPI 2 i which said it was recieved and succesful (DNS not yet configured)

after that sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf (needed chmod 777 first) EDIT: found topic where is recomended to edit /etc/network/interfaces instead resolv.conf
If somebody ever wonder how to do this as there were never complete guide...after this i was able to browse web on second PI, soooo, done....as additional info i did this on Raspbian kernel 4.9.24-v7+ and wpa_cli 2.3 (someone recomended to download custom 2.6 for p2p connecting but that was not really needed)