Set BBB Wireless as AP

[edb...@gmail.com]

I'm trying to configure my BBB Wireless (latest kernel) w/ the latest debian image as an access point.  By default, the device is already set, as I see BeagleBone-xxxx as an wireless SSID available to connect to.  Is there somewhere I can change this SSID and password, and assign a static IP too.  I've tried making a new hostapd.conf entry on my own, but it's apparently getting overwritten somehow by the default configuration.  Any advice or link to where I can step through configuring this would be highly appreciated... thank you!

Respectfully,
Eric

[Robert Nelson]

Hi Eric,

look at:

/etc/default/bb-wl18xx

On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 9:06 PM, <edb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to configure my BBB Wireless (latest kernel) w/ the latest debian
> image as an access point. By default, the device is already set, as I see
> BeagleBone-xxxx as an wireless SSID available to connect to. Is there
> somewhere I can change this SSID and password, and assign a static IP too.

USE_WL18XX_IP_PREFIX = ip subnet block
USE_PERSONAL_SSID = BeagleBone
USE_PERSONAL_PASSWORD = password
USE_APPENDED_SSID = "-xxxx"

> I've tried making a new hostapd.conf entry on my own, but it's apparently
> getting overwritten somehow by the default configuration. Any advice or

USE_GENERATED_HOSTAPD=no will defult to your custom /etc/hostapd.conf

> link to where I can step through configuring this would be highly
> appreciated... thank you!

Regards,

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