On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 1:06 PM Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 12:51 PM John Reister <john.reis...@gopowerev.com> > 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
ps you can bypass the whole generated hostapd with: # USE_GENERATED_HOSTAPD: use generated version of /etc/hostapd.conf; set to no so user can modify /etc/hostapd.conf USE_GENERATED_HOSTAPD=yes Then just set /etc/hostapd.conf as you see fit, and on startup your version of /etc/hostapd.conf will be used.. 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAOCHtYicU6Hy1Oj745OzEdhTg%2BiWc%2B00%2Bu%2BT4a8N6TegPwYT%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com.
