Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rvice enabled vendor preset: enabled)Īctive: active (running) since Mon 08:04:46 IST 1h 34min ago

rvice - Access point and authentication server for Wi-Fi and Ethernet.

Now start hostapd service service hostapd start Size of hostapd.log can grow rapidly at times, so I recommend to setup logrotate on it.

cat /etc/default/hostapdĭAEMON_OPTS='-dd -t -f /var/log/hostapd.log'

Next update /etc/default/hostapd file to enable debugging and logging.

For me channels between 1-12 worked fine for 2.4 Ghz and for 5Ghz, I tried 35-50 channels. Hw_mode can g or a depending upon you need 2.4 Ghz or 5 Ghz frequency bands. Here, driver nl80211, is used for raspberry pi wlan interface for other machines it may vary. Lets begin with hostapd config cat /etc/hostapd/nf Iptables is needed to masquerade traffic from wlan interface to eth interface on raspberry piįor debugging purpose, I highly recommend to have following tools: aptitude install dnsutils Hostapd turns on wireless lan interface into access point.ĭnsmasq is used as DHCP service to assign IPs to client machines. You will need following software to build router aptitude install hostapd I have used raspbian OS lite 64 bit based on Debian bullseye. This article covers, how you can convert your raspberry pi 3 or 4 boxes into a wifi router. To get better control of internet at home, I have build own wifi router.

Router os for raspberry pi