On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 12:51 PM John Reister <[email protected]> wrote: > > I looked over some of the prior discussions around softAP using > /etc/default/bb-wl18xx settings. Seems like an option to use a user-generate > hostapd. > I have a couple questions: > 1) I'd like to use the softAP to exchange raw Ethernet with some host STAs. > It seems like I can change the SSID and passkey by modifying the > /etc/default/bb-wl18xx. I want to make the SSID hidden (not broadcast) and > I'd like to disable the DHCP on that interface as well. Is that possible?
SSID hidden would be; # Send empty SSID in beacons and ignore probe request frames that do not # specify full SSID, i.e., require stations to know SSID. # default: disabled (0) # 1 = send empty (length=0) SSID in beacon and ignore probe request for # broadcast SSID # 2 = clear SSID (ASCII 0), but keep the original length (this may be required # with some clients that do not support empty SSID) and ignore probe # requests for broadcast SSID ignore_broadcast_ssid=0 I can patch that in tomorrow, so the value could be utilzed.. https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-wl18xx-firmware/blob/master/debian/bb-wl18xx-tether > 2) Is it possible to change the SSID and passkey without rebooting? [not a > crisis if I have to reboot] You could try just re-running: sudo /usr/bin/bb-wl18xx-tether (un-tested..) Probably best to kill hostapd and just re-run: (with /tmp/hostapd-wl18xx.conf) sudo /usr/sbin/hostapd -B /tmp/hostapd-wl18xx.conf > 3) Is there a good way to use Python to change the SSID and passkey? My > Python code has the BB (acting as a wifi STA) communicating with a server > (AWS). I would like to remotely configure the BB with a softAP SSID and > passkey, so that my IOT devices can connect to it. It's a raw /etc/default/bb-wl18xx sed -i -e 's:USE_PERSONAL_SSID:#USE_PERSONAL_SSID:g' /etc/default/bb-wl18xx sed -i -e 's:USE_PERSONAL_PASSWORD=#USE_PERSONAL_PASSWORD:g' /etc/default/bb-wl18xx echo 'USE_PERSONAL_SSID="myssid"' >> /etc/default/bb-wl18xx echo 'USE_PERSONAL_PASSWORD="mypassword"' >> /etc/default/bb-wl18xx Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAOCHtYj-XhLbgOO68n9KXSiCs98QuCHfDxJCG9d-g-bWJKDohQ%40mail.gmail.com.
