Rpi3 Access point (repeater) on stretch with external adapter

[faberC]

Following the official tutorial here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... s-point.md
I had problems with bridge-utils and reading several tutorials I finally got.

This tuturial is pretty much the same as the link above but it works.

Running on RPI-3 fresh and updated Stretch release.

In this case, I use the external adapter wlan1 to connect to my router because the reception is better

being as follows:

• wlan0 is the access point (Rpi internal wifi adapter )

• wlan1 is the client (wifi dongle USB)

Install the required software:

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sudo apt-get install dnsmasq hostapd

Later you will also install iptables-persistent


To configure the static IP address, edit the dhcpcd configuration file with:

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sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf

Go to the end of the file and edit it so that it looks like the following:

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interface wlan0
  nohook wpa_supplicant
  static ip_address=192.168.4.1/24

Now restart the dhcpcd daemon and set up the new wlan0 configuration:

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sudo service dhcpcd restart

Configuring the dnsmasq.conf:

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sudo mv /etc/dnsmasq.conf /etc/dnsmasq.conf.orig  
sudo nano /etc/dnsmasq.conf

Type or copy the following information into the dnsmasq configuration file and save it:

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interface=wlan0
dhcp-range=192.168.4.2,192.168.4.20,255.255.255.0,24h

Configuring the access point host software (hostapd)

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sudo nano /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf

edit:

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interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
ssid=NameOfNetwork
hw_mode=g
channel=7
wmm_enabled=0
macaddr_acl=0
auth_algs=1
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
wpa=2
wpa_passphrase=mypassphrase
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
rsn_pairwise=CCMP

Change the ssid end wpa_passphrase for network AP name and password that you want

We now need to tell the system where to find this configuration file.

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sudo nano /etc/default/hostapd

Find the line with #DAEMON_CONF, and replace it with this:

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DAEMON_CONF="/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf"

Now start up the services:

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sudo systemctl start hostapd
sudo systemctl start dnsmasq

Edit /etc/sysctl.conf and uncomment this line:

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net.ipv4.ip_forward=1

if you already have iptables rules do:

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sudo iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
sudo iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT
sudo iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
sudo iptables -t nat -F
sudo iptables -t mangle -F
sudo iptables -F
sudo iptables -X

If not, run the following commands to create the network translation between the port wlan1 and wlan0:

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sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o wlan1 -j MASQUERADE
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i wlan1 -o wlan0 -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i wlan0 -o wlan1 -j ACCEPT

Now install iptables-persistent:

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sudo apt-get install iptables-persistent

You'll get two 'config' screens, say Yes to both

The iptables-persistent tool will automatically reload the configuration on boot for you

if the ethernet cable is connected unplug it to avoid problems.

Reboot:

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reboot

and enjoy it!

[ejolson]

I recently set up a similar access point. For reliable operation I needed to disable power saving on both the USB and built-in WiFi devices. It is interesting that you make no mention of needing to do this.

[faberC]

I recently set up a similar access point. For reliable operation I needed to disable power saving on both the USB and built-in WiFi devices. It is interesting that you make no mention of needing to do this.

hi, i had this working on jessie.
but when I updated, my settings in the file / etc / networks / interfaces no longer work

I had no problems with power menagemant

but due to his comment, I improvised in this way:

create a script

sudo nano /home/pi/poff

add this:

#!/bin/sh
sudo iw dev wlan0 set power_save off
sudo iw dev wlan1 set power_save off

chmod in the file:

chmod 751 /home/pi/poff

In dhcpd.conf file, at the botom add:

script /home/pi/poff

it's terrible but it works