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I've looked at the links posted here and the repo but I fail to find what is the use case for this?
I've looked at the links posted here and the repo but I fail to find what is the use case for this?
It could be used as a range extender, though not a very good one. Probably a better use case would be connecting older devices like the Nintendo DS that don't support WPA2 to your network without forcing all of your other devices onto WEP.
Thanks for this. I had built [similar repository]( https://github.com/computationalprivacy/unveil-pi-data-colle... ) as a part of wifi data capture and visualisation experiment ([Project UNVEIL]( https://github.com/computationalprivacy/unveil-deployment) ) but it used external antenna. Any links on how does underlying hardware work to enable simultaneous connections?
https://blog.thewalr.us/2017/09/26/raspberry-pi-zero-w-simul...
> At this point, we should be able to connect a device to our Raspberry Pi Zero W’s AP SSID, while we also have our RPi connect to another access point for internet access, and we should be able to access the internet from that device through our RPi.
The "simultaneous" aspect seems to be achieved by having two devices: wlan0 and ap0, the latter created by udev.
A 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?
I've looked at the links posted here and the repo but I fail to find what is the use case for this?
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It could be used as a range extender, though not a very good one. Probably a better use case would be connecting older devices like the Nintendo DS that don't support WPA2 to your network without forcing all of your other devices onto WEP.
Why not a very good one? In terms of range (with the PCB antenna)? Or does the Pi firmware not support some modern 802.11 standards or what?
I've looked at the links posted here and the repo but I fail to find what is the use case for this?
Has anyone noticed a shortage of Pi Zeros recently? It seems everywhere has run out of stock.
More time to tinker at home? Over the course of a couple weeks, I purchased four a two months back. A project I worked on inspired at least another person in my office to buy one.
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Why not a very good one? In terms of range (with the PCB antenna)? Or does the Pi firmware not support some modern 802.11 standards or what?
I'd guess the hardware is the problem. Most antennas I've seen on access points are larger than the entire Pi Zero W. While I'm no radio expert, I'd expect APs to use the smaller antennas if they were capable of being as good as bigger antennas.
[1] https://www.embedded-computing.com/articles/a-lesson-in-wire...
A 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?
This is basically what a chromecast does?