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switch raspberry pi 3 between access point and none access point

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 6:16 pm
by monapi
hello, i use https://learn.adafruit.com/setting-up- ... t/overview tutorial and make my raspberry pi 3 an access point, after that i can't connect to the internet neither via wifi nor via ethernet cable. with this tutorial when i see the DHCP status it says faild but when i make wlan0 up my raspberry turn to an access point and give IP to my cell phone. i need internet in the access point mode its my first question how can i have it?
and i want to connect to the internet in access point mode with cable but i need VPN to connect to my internet and i don't have one on my raspberry so i can't connect with cable. i want to use my raspberry as picroft so i need internet. i need a way to switch between these moods. can someone help me? thank you.

Re: switch raspberry pi 3 between access point and none access point

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 6:27 pm
by bensimmo
Try here
http://www.raspberryconnect.com/network ... pcd-method
In the first paragraphs they have various links to various setup, pick one that fits what you want.

Re: switch raspberry pi 3 between access point and none access point

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:26 am
by monapi
thanks for your help.
to use the new tutorial how should i cancel the last one. should i delete the OS and install anew one?

Re: switch raspberry pi 3 between access point and none access point

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:51 am
by bensimmo
monapi wrote:
Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:26 am
thanks for your help.
to use the new tutorial how should i cancel the last one. should i delete the OS and install anew one?
Up to you,
either see which bits are different and modify yours.
Reverse what you did.
Or send a few minutes rewriting the sdcard.

Re: switch raspberry pi 3 between access point and none access point

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 9:17 am
by monapi
i use
sudo rm /etc/dhcp/dhcp.conf
and command like this and delete all the files that i open by sudo.
and try to use your tutorial but when i open this
sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf
to edit it and add

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interface wlan0
    static ip_address=192.168.4.1/24
    nohook wpa_supplicant
there isn't any default command in it and the page is blank i put command in it and when i save the file with ctrl+x+y
it didn't get out of the file .
and i cant run
sudo mv /etc/dnsmasq.conf /etc/dnsmasq.conf.orig
this command.
i have this problem with all the sudo nano commands.
please help me.
thank you.