Turing linux laptop to wifi hostspot, connect android devices

[Dilawar Singh]

Especially for people at Mandara. You can connect your android devices to a wifi
network created on your unix-laptop.

0. Download create_ap from http://github.com/oblique/create_ap . (Search for
"Download zip" button, unzip it.

1. Go to folder where you have unzipped it.

$ cd create_ap
$ sudo make install

This should install it on your machine

2. Now, check the name of your interfaces: on my machine they are eth0
(ehternet) and wlan0 (wireless). ifconfig command will display them.

3. $ sudo create_ap eth0 wlan0 hotspot password

should create a hotspot named 'hotspot' with passphrase 'password'. You will
see this in your android phone. Connect to it like you connect to NCBSWiFi
with proxy `mandara.ncbs.res.in:3128`

Make sure your wifi is not soft or hard-blocked. (see how to use `rfkill`
to unblock your wifi devices.

PS: It may not work on some cards. Working on Broadcom cards.

best,
Dilawar

[Terence Christie]

What about iPad?

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