Why is that not easy and widely used as nearly all devices we used like camera (dslr to car camera) and remote controller all resolved to stop WiFi and switch to another mode etc to connect.
Simultaneous AP and Client Mode Wi-Fi on Raspberry Pi Zero W
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Re: Simultaneous AP and Client Mode Wi-Fi on Raspberry Pi Zero W
#12The pithier article (linked to from the above) is at https://blog.thewalr.us/2017/09/26/raspberry-pi-zero-w-simul...
The script is heavily based on the article. Full credit to the article!
For everybody interested in details, the article gives useful insights on configuration automated by the script.
Re: Simultaneous AP and Client Mode Wi-Fi on Raspberry Pi Zero W
#13Whatever happened to ad-hoc mode?
Not sure exactly what you're referring to, did the author explain in the past they rather want ad-hoc network setup or something?
Otherwise, ad-hoc is different from AP+Client, as ad-hoc is only between two devices (at least from what I gather) while AP+Client would allow a distributed network where clients are interconnected.
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#14A bit off topic:
I'm looking for a project that starts with an AP. Once someone connected to it; it opens a web page to configure the client (choose which WIFI from a list, and type the password).
It connects to the chosen WIFI and shuts down the AP.
Anyone here did something similar to that?
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#15Why is that not easy and widely used as nearly all devices we used like camera (dslr to car camera) and remote controller all resolved to stop WiFi and switch to another mode etc to connect.
Partially because of chip capabilities, and partially because understanding networking is hard.
I don't think most chips can do this fwiw, but it's definitely cheap enough now that cameras and IoT devices will probably start doing it everywhere.
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#16Any idea why systemd was not able to be reliably used, and had to use cron? Is there a ‘fix’ for that ? edit: This was not meant to be offensive. I was simply hoping somebody could offer how it could be used with systemd and remove the reliance on cron.
Because systemd does many things badly instead of one thing well :)
Re: Simultaneous AP and Client Mode Wi-Fi on Raspberry Pi Zero W
#17A bit off topic: I'm looking for a project that starts with an AP. Once someone connected to it; it opens a web page to configure the client (choose which WIFI from a list, and type the password). It connects to the chosen WIFI and shuts down the AP. Anyone here did something similar to that?
Starting point: https://github.com/balena-io/wifi-connect
Re: Simultaneous AP and Client Mode Wi-Fi on Raspberry Pi Zero W
#18A bit off topic: I'm looking for a project that starts with an AP. Once someone connected to it; it opens a web page to configure the client (choose which WIFI from a list, and type the password). It connects to the chosen WIFI and shuts down the AP. Anyone here did something similar to that?
Starting point: https://github.com/balena-io/wifi-connect
I’ve seen Raspberry Pi images from Ubiquity Robotics(not Ubiquiti Networks) having similar daemon called “pifi” for command line operation, but this one looks nicer
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#19Can this be used as a range extender if you use the same SSID and password for the access point as the net you're connecting to? Would other clients silently roam between the two (or more) networks using the same name and password?
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#20Has anyone noticed a shortage of Pi Zeros recently? It seems everywhere has run out of stock.