Neworld Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Is it possible to use a usb connected wifi dongle as the default access point rather that the internal one in the pineapple? I want to turn the internal wifi antenna into a client and the usb connected wifi dongle into a access point. The reason I want to do this is because I can use a stronger external wifi to broadcast further. I'm looking to have it compatible with the existing modules and stuff as well. Anyone have any thoughts on accomplishing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineDominator Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 you can do this with WM's networkmanager. but getting karma to work on say the alfa NHA might be tricky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neworld Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 you can do this with WM's networkmanager. but getting karma to work on say the alfa NHA might be tricky. That's what I was worried about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineDominator Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) That's what I was worried about. im going to do a couple tests to see if its an easy task, hold tight EDIT: no go, seems to be setup for wlan0 before karma is even run? Edited September 3, 2012 by petertfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebkinne Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 It is very very very simple. Just run hostapd with a config file specifying wlan1 as the interface. Best Regards, Sebkinne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neworld Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 It is very very very simple. Just run hostapd with a config file specifying wlan1 as the interface. Best Regards, Sebkinne How would you do this specifically? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineDominator Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) here is my findings issue "killall hostapd" then "cp /var/run/hostapd-phy0.conf /var/run/hostapd-phy1.conf" edit hostapd-phy1.conf and change wlan0 to wlan1 and the bssid to the mac of wlan1 then you can run it like ifconfig wlan0 down rm /tmp/karma.log hostapd -f /tmp/karma.log -dd hostapd-phy1.conf & EDIT: It's not full proof yet things like this in the .conf file need to be fixed "ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd-phy0" I think thats why there are some errors in the log EDIT2: I get this error in my ssh session and not the karma log? wlan1: STA xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: handle_action - unknown action category 131 or invalid frame[/CODE] Edited September 4, 2012 by petertfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legion Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I for one would love to see this working! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01000010 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I am quite interested in how karma will behave when it is sharing the usb bandwidth with a flash drive at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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