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Access Point

2009-11-18T11:41:48Z

Buzztiger: /* /etc/network/interfaces */

[[Category: Tutorials]]
WORK IN PROGRESS

== Introduction ==

This tutorial describes how to add Access Point functionality to your LMCE core. The core will act as a WiFi access point permitting wireless devices to connect to the core, the internal network and the internet.

== Hardware setup ==

* Dell Optiplex Gx620
* WiFi card with Atheros chipset (using madwifi drivers)
* Linux MCE 810 alpha2

If you install LMCE from scratch make sure that your wifi card is NOT inserted prior to installation so that LMCE doesn't use it as the internal network interface. After LCME installation has finished, insert the wifi card.

== Overview ==

the idea is to combine or bridge eth1 and ath0 to a new virtual interface called br0.

* -> eth0 connects to my ADSL modem (192.168.1.0)
* -> eth1 connects to my internal LAN switch (192.168.80.0)
* -> ath0 connects the wireless part of my internal network (192.168.80.0)

== Needed packages ==

* hostapd
* bridge

== Config files ==

=== /etc/network/interfaces ===

We'll make a copy of /etc/network/interfaces in case something goes wrong before we edit it.

mv /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.bck

joe /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo eth0 eth1 br0
automatically initialise eth0 (external interface) eth1 (internal LAN) and br0 (our bridge interface). Keep ath0 out of this for now, we'll initialise it separately.

iface lo inet loopback

# Internet Interface
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1

Fill in your own settings here, in my case 192.168.1.1 is the ADSL modem. Alternatively you can use dhcp to get the adress details from your ADSL modem.

# LAN interface
iface eth1 inet manual
up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
down /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down

The internal interface, note that it doesn't get an adress assigned.

# Wireless interface
auto ath0
iface ath0 inet manual
up /sbin/ifconfig ath0 up

The wireless interface, again no adress details here.

iface br0 inet static
address 192.168.80.1
network 192.168.80.0
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.80.255
pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth1

The fun part. Finally we assign the adress for the internal LAN to the bridge interace br0 (I'm sticking here with the standard LMCE network 80.0). The pre-up will create a bridge and add the eth1 interface to it.

pre-up /sbin/wlanconfig ath0 destroy
pre-up /sbin/wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap
pre-up /sbin/iwconfig ath0 channel 3

This part is necessary as the atheros interface has some issues to switch ino access point mode (master mode)

pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 ath0

After firing up the wireless interface we add it to the bridge as well.

post-down /usr/sbin/brctl delif br0 eth1
post-down /usr/sbin/brctl delif br0 ath0
post-down /usr/sbin/brctl delbr br0

Just some lines to define how to cleanly shut down the bridge: remove both interfaces and then remove the bridge interace itself

We need to set the bridge (which contains eth1 and ath0) as the new interface for the dhcpd server.
Edit /etc/default/dhcp.conf as followed:

INTERFACES="br0"

/etc/default/dhcpd3/dhcpd.conf

=== wireless configuration ===

We'll use hostapd to manage the wireless part as it provides WPA encryption. I suggest that you first try to setup your network without encryption, make sure it works and then enable encryption.

== Enable WPA encryption ==

* edit the /etc/hostapd

== Set static IP adresses ==

It is possible to set static ip adresses manually instead of using LMCE

Wake on LAN

2009-11-02T07:44:03Z

Buzztiger: Added -i option for use of eth1 interface

From the command line type;

etherwake <mac-address of device> or even moonID (for MD/PC's)

try;

man etherwake

for more info. This will send a 'magic packet' to the device targeted and as long as that device has the bios & Network interface options to do WOL then your in business. Obviously you could build some scripts to make this work more slickly and also trigger those scripts based on other events or even time of day etc etc.

Remember that etherwake will use eth0 by default which might not be your internal network. To use for example eth1 type

etherwake -i eth1 <mac-address of device>

----
Taken from the forum [http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2726.msg13361#msg13361].

[[Category: Tutorials]]

Access Point

2009-10-03T10:58:46Z

Buzztiger: WORK IN PROGRESS

WORK IN PROGRESS

== Introduction ==

This tutorial describes how to add Access Point functionality to your LMCE core. The core will act as a WiFi access point permitting wireless devices to connect to the core, the internal network and the internet.

== Hardware setup ==

* Dell Optiplex Gx620
* WiFi card with Atheros chipset (using madwifi drivers)
* Linux MCE 810 alpha2

If you install LMCE from scratch make sure that your wifi card is NOT inserted prior to installation so that LMCE doesn't use it as the internal network interface. After LCME installation has finished, insert the wifi card.

== Overview ==

the idea is to combine or bridge eth1 and ath0 to a new virtual interface called br0.

* -> eth0 connects to my ADSL modem (192.168.1.0)
* -> eth1 connects to my internal LAN switch (192.168.80.0)
* -> ath0 connects the wireless part of my internal network (192.168.80.0)

== Needed packages ==

* hostapd
* bridge

== Config files ==

=== /etc/network/interfaces ===

We'll make a copy of /etc/network/interfaces in case something goes wrong before we edit it.

mv /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.bck

joe /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo eth0 eth1 br0
automatically initialise eth0 (external interface) eth1 (internal LAN) and br0 (our bridge interface). Keep ath0 out of this for now, we'll initialise it separately.

iface lo inet loopback

# Internet Interface
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1

Fill in your own settings here, in my case 192.168.1.1 is the ADSL modem. Alternatively you can use dhcp to get the adress details from your ADSL modem.

# LAN interface
iface eth1 inet manual
up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
down /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down

The internal interface, note that it doesn't get an adress assigned.

# Wireless interface
auto ath0
iface ath0 inet manual
up /sbin/ifconfig ath0 up

The wireless interface, again no adress details here.

iface br0 inet static
address 192.168.80.1
network 192.168.80.0
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.80.255
pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth1

The fun part. Finally we assign the adress for the internal LAN to the bridge interace br0 (I'm sticking here with the standard LMCE network 80.0). The pre-up will create a bridge and add the eth1 interface to it.

pre-up /sbin/wlanconfig ath0 destroy
pre-up /sbin/wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap
pre-up /sbin/iwconfig ath0 channel 3

This part is necessary as the atheros interface has some issues to switch ino access point mode (master mode)

pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 ath0

After firing up the wireless interface we add it to the bridge as well.

post-down /usr/sbin/brctl delif br0 eth1
post-down /usr/sbin/brctl delif br0 ath0
post-down /usr/sbin/brctl delbr br0

Just some lines to define how to cleanly shut down the bridge: remove both interfaces and then remove the bridge interace itself

/etc/default/dhcp.conf

/etc/default/dhcpd3/dhcpd.conf

=== wireless configuration ===

We'll use hostapd to manage the wireless part as it provides WPA encryption. I suggest that you first try to setup your network without encryption, make sure it works and then enable encryption.

== Enable WPA encryption ==

* edit the /etc/hostapd

== Set static IP adresses ==

It is possible to set static ip adresses manually instead of using LMCE

Access Point

2009-10-03T10:53:32Z

Buzztiger: /* Overview */

== Introduction ==

This tutorial describes how to add Access Point functionality to your LMCE core. The core will act as a WiFi access point permitting wireless devices to connect to the core, the internal network and the internet.

== Hardware setup ==

* Dell Optiplex Gx620
* WiFi card with Atheros chipset (using madwifi drivers)
* Linux MCE 810 alpha2

If you install LMCE from scratch make sure that your wifi card is NOT inserted prior to installation so that LMCE doesn't use it as the internal network interface. After LCME installation has finished, insert the wifi card.

== Overview ==

the idea is to combine or bridge eth1 and ath0 to a new virtual interface called br0.

* -> eth0 connects to my ADSL modem (192.168.1.0)
* -> eth1 connects to my internal LAN switch (192.168.80.0)
* -> ath0 connects the wireless part of my internal network (192.168.80.0)

== Needed packages ==

* hostapd
* bridge

== Config files ==

=== /etc/network/interfaces ===

We'll make a copy of /etc/network/interfaces in case something goes wrong before we edit it.

mv /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.bck

joe /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo eth0 eth1 br0
automatically initialise eth0 (external interface) eth1 (internal LAN) and br0 (our bridge interface). Keep ath0 out of this for now, we'll initialise it separately.

iface lo inet loopback

# Internet Interface
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1

Fill in your own settings here, in my case 192.168.1.1 is the ADSL modem. Alternatively you can use dhcp to get the adress details from your ADSL modem.

# LAN interface
iface eth1 inet manual
up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
down /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down

The internal interface, note that it doesn't get an adress assigned.

# Wireless interface
auto ath0
iface ath0 inet manual
up /sbin/ifconfig ath0 up

The wireless interface, again no adress details here.

iface br0 inet static
address 192.168.80.1
network 192.168.80.0
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.80.255
pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth1

The fun part. Finally we assign the adress for the internal LAN to the bridge interace br0 (I'm sticking here with the standard LMCE network 80.0). The pre-up will create a bridge and add the eth1 interface to it.

pre-up /sbin/wlanconfig ath0 destroy
pre-up /sbin/wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap
pre-up /sbin/iwconfig ath0 channel 3

This part is necessary as the atheros interface has some issues to switch ino access point mode (master mode)

pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 ath0

After firing up the wireless interface we add it to the bridge as well.

post-down /usr/sbin/brctl delif br0 eth1
post-down /usr/sbin/brctl delif br0 ath0
post-down /usr/sbin/brctl delbr br0

Just some lines to define how to cleanly shut down the bridge: remove both interfaces and then remove the bridge interace itself

/etc/default/dhcp.conf

/etc/default/dhcpd3/dhcpd.conf

=== wireless configuration ===

We'll use hostapd to manage the wireless part as it provides WPA encryption. I suggest that you first try to setup your network without encryption, make sure it works and then enable encryption.

== Enable WPA encryption ==

* edit the /etc/hostapd

== Set static IP adresses ==

It is possible to set static ip adresses manually instead of using LMCE

Talk:Access Point

2009-10-03T10:53:08Z

Buzztiger: New page: Buzztiger: My first LMCE wiki entry. I'm not sure if this hack brakes any core functionality, but so far my installation (latest alpha2) works as before and even asks me if I want to add n...

Buzztiger: My first LMCE wiki entry. I'm not sure if this hack brakes any core functionality, but so far my installation (latest alpha2) works as before and even asks me if I want to add new devices from the wireless network. RFC...

Access Point

2009-10-03T10:50:39Z

Buzztiger: /* /etc/network/interfaces */

== Introduction ==

This tutorial describes how to add Access Point functionality to your LMCE core. The core will act as a WiFi access point permitting wireless devices to connect to the core, the internal network and the internet.

== Hardware setup ==

* Dell Optiplex Gx620
* WiFi card with Atheros chipset (using madwifi drivers)
* Linux MCE 810 alpha2

If you install LMCE from scratch make sure that your wifi card is NOT inserted prior to installation so that LMCE doesn't use it as the internal network interface. After LCME installation has finished, insert the wifi card.

== Overview ==

the idea is to combine or bridge eth1 and ath0 to a new virtual interface called br0.

* -> eth0 connects to my ADSL modem (192.168.5.0)
* -> eth1 connects to my internal LAN switch (192.168.80.0)
* -> ath0 connects the wireless part of my internal network (192.168.80.0)

== Needed packages ==

* hostapd
* bridge

== Config files ==

=== /etc/network/interfaces ===

We'll make a copy of /etc/network/interfaces in case something goes wrong before we edit it.

mv /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.bck

joe /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo eth0 eth1 br0
automatically initialise eth0 (external interface) eth1 (internal LAN) and br0 (our bridge interface). Keep ath0 out of this for now, we'll initialise it separately.

iface lo inet loopback

# Internet Interface
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1

Fill in your own settings here, in my case 192.168.1.1 is the ADSL modem. Alternatively you can use dhcp to get the adress details from your ADSL modem.

# LAN interface
iface eth1 inet manual
up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
down /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down

The internal interface, note that it doesn't get an adress assigned.

# Wireless interface
auto ath0
iface ath0 inet manual
up /sbin/ifconfig ath0 up

The wireless interface, again no adress details here.

iface br0 inet static
address 192.168.80.1
network 192.168.80.0
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.80.255
pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth1

The fun part. Finally we assign the adress for the internal LAN to the bridge interace br0 (I'm sticking here with the standard LMCE network 80.0). The pre-up will create a bridge and add the eth1 interface to it.

pre-up /sbin/wlanconfig ath0 destroy
pre-up /sbin/wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap
pre-up /sbin/iwconfig ath0 channel 3

This part is necessary as the atheros interface has some issues to switch ino access point mode (master mode)

pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 ath0

After firing up the wireless interface we add it to the bridge as well.

post-down /usr/sbin/brctl delif br0 eth1
post-down /usr/sbin/brctl delif br0 ath0
post-down /usr/sbin/brctl delbr br0

Just some lines to define how to cleanly shut down the bridge: remove both interfaces and then remove the bridge interace itself

/etc/default/dhcp.conf

/etc/default/dhcpd3/dhcpd.conf

=== wireless configuration ===

We'll use hostapd to manage the wireless part as it provides WPA encryption. I suggest that you first try to setup your network without encryption, make sure it works and then enable encryption.

== Enable WPA encryption ==

* edit the /etc/hostapd

== Set static IP adresses ==

It is possible to set static ip adresses manually instead of using LMCE

Access Point

2009-10-03T10:47:31Z

Buzztiger: /* /etc/network/interfaces */

== Introduction ==

This tutorial describes how to add Access Point functionality to your LMCE core. The core will act as a WiFi access point permitting wireless devices to connect to the core, the internal network and the internet.

== Hardware setup ==

* Dell Optiplex Gx620
* WiFi card with Atheros chipset (using madwifi drivers)
* Linux MCE 810 alpha2

If you install LMCE from scratch make sure that your wifi card is NOT inserted prior to installation so that LMCE doesn't use it as the internal network interface. After LCME installation has finished, insert the wifi card.

== Overview ==

the idea is to combine or bridge eth1 and ath0 to a new virtual interface called br0.

* -> eth0 connects to my ADSL modem (192.168.5.0)
* -> eth1 connects to my internal LAN switch (192.168.80.0)
* -> ath0 connects the wireless part of my internal network (192.168.80.0)

== Needed packages ==

* hostapd
* bridge

== Config files ==

=== /etc/network/interfaces ===

auto lo eth0 eth1 br0
automatically initialise eth0 (external interface) eth1 (internal LAN) and br0 (our bridge interface). Keep ath0 out of this for now, we'll initialise it separately.

iface lo inet loopback

# Internet Interface
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1

Fill in your own settings here, in my case 192.168.1.1 is the ADSL modem. Alternatively you can use dhcp to get the adress details from your ADSL modem.

# LAN interface
iface eth1 inet manual
up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
down /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down

The internal interface, note that it doesn't get an adress assigned.

# Wireless interface
auto ath0
iface ath0 inet manual
up /sbin/ifconfig ath0 up

The wireless interface, again no adress details here.

iface br0 inet static
address 192.168.80.1
network 192.168.80.0
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.80.255
pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth1

The fun part. Finally we assign the adress for the internal LAN to the bridge interace br0 (I'm sticking here with the standard LMCE network 80.0). The pre-up will create a bridge and add the eth1 interface to it.

pre-up /sbin/wlanconfig ath0 destroy
pre-up /sbin/wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap
pre-up /sbin/iwconfig ath0 channel 3

This part is necessary as the atheros interface has some issues to switch ino access point mode (master mode)

pre-up /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 ath0

After firing up the wireless interface we add it to the bridge as well.

post-down /usr/sbin/brctl delif br0 eth1
post-down /usr/sbin/brctl delif br0 ath0
post-down /usr/sbin/brctl delbr br0

Just some lines off to shut down the bridge.

/etc/default/dhcp.conf

/etc/default/dhcpd3/dhcpd.conf

=== wireless configuration ===

We'll use hostapd to manage the wireless part as it provides WPA encryption. I suggest that you first try to setup your network without encryption, make sure it works and then enable encryption.

== Enable WPA encryption ==

* edit the /etc/hostapd

== Set static IP adresses ==

It is possible to set static ip adresses manually instead of using LMCE

Access Point

2009-09-29T03:49:33Z

Buzztiger: /* Config files */

Access Point

2009-09-29T03:46:48Z

Buzztiger: /* Introduction */

Access Point

2009-09-29T03:45:42Z

Buzztiger: /* Set static IP adresses */

Access Point

2009-09-29T03:21:01Z

Buzztiger: /* Hardware setup */

Access Point

2009-09-29T03:16:13Z

Buzztiger: /* My hardware setup */

User:Buzztiger

2009-09-28T05:58:14Z

Buzztiger:

<h1>Background</h1>

I'm a Phd student working in engineering. I've just moved into a new home and have finally enough space to work on my own LMCE setup.

<h1>Setup</h1>
<h2>Core/Hybrid</h2>
* Dell Optiplex Gx620
* currently running the 810 alpha 2

<h2>Lounge Media Director</h2>

* Dell Precision 380 3.7 GHz running LCME via netboot
* 24" LCD

<h2>Bedroom Media Director</h2>
* HP notebook Dual Core 1.7 Ghz via netboot
* 24" LCD

<h2>Mobile Orbiters</h2>
* 2x Ipod touch via web orbiter

<h2>Plans / ToDo</h2>
* Integrate my Arduino setup
* Garden Irrigation

<h2>Modifications</h2>

* I've added a wireless atheros card to my core and managed to integrate it as an acess point. Saves me from having another device running 24/7 and I have greater flexibilty. I have started to write down my approach under [[Access_Point]].

[[Category:User Setups]]
[[Category:Australian Setups]]

Access Point

2009-09-28T05:42:03Z

Buzztiger: /* Introduction */

Access Point

2009-09-28T05:41:12Z

Buzztiger:

== Introduction ==

This tutorial describes how to add Access Point functionality to your LMCE core. The core will act as a WiFi access point permitting wireless devices

== My hardware setup ==

* Dell Optiplex Gx620
* WiFi card with Atheros chipset (using madwifi drivers)
* Linux MCE 810 alpha2

== Overview ==

the idea is to combine or bridge eth1 and ath0 to a new virtual interface called br0.

* -> eth0 connects to my ADSL modem (192.168.5.0)
* -> eth1 connects to my internal LAN switch (192.168.80.0)
* -> ath0 connects the wireless part of my internal network (192.168.80.0)

== Needed packages ==

* hostapd
* bridge

== Config files ==

/etc/network/interfaces

/etc/default/dhcp.conf

/etc/default/dhcpd3/dhcpd.conf

== Enable WPA encryption ==

* edit the /etc/hostapd

== Set static IP adresses ==

Access Point

2009-09-28T05:34:39Z

Buzztiger: New page: == My hardware setup == * Dell Optiplex Gx620 * WiFi card with Atheros chipset (using madwifi drivers) * Linux MCE 810 alpha2 == Overview == the idea is to combine or bridge eth1 and ...

== My hardware setup ==

* Dell Optiplex Gx620
* WiFi card with Atheros chipset (using madwifi drivers)
* Linux MCE 810 alpha2

== Overview ==

the idea is to combine or bridge eth1 and ath0 to a new virtual interface called br0.

* -> eth0 connects to my ADSL modem (192.168.5.0)
* -> eth1 connects to my internal LAN switch (192.168.80.0)
* -> ath0 connects the wireless part of my internal network (192.168.80.0)

== Needed packages ==

* hostapd
* bridge

== Config files ==

/etc/network/interfaces

/etc/default/dhcp.conf

/etc/default/dhcpd3/dhcpd.conf

== Enable WPA encryption ==

* edit the /etc/hostapd

== Set static IP adresses ==

User:Buzztiger

2009-09-28T05:01:39Z

Buzztiger: New page: <h1>Background</h1> I'm a Phd student working in engineering. I've just moved into a new home and have finally enough space to work on my own LMCE setup. <h1>Setup</h1> <h2>Core/Hybrid</...

<h1>Background</h1>

I'm a Phd student working in engineering. I've just moved into a new home and have finally enough space to work on my own LMCE setup.

<h1>Setup</h1>
<h2>Core/Hybrid</h2>
* Dell Optiplex Gx620
* currently running the 810 alpha 2

<h2>Lounge Media Director</h2>

* Dell Precision 380 3.7 GHz running LCME via netboot
* 24" LCD

<h2>Bedroom Media Director</h2>
* HP notebook Dual Core 1.7 Ghz via netboot
* 24" LCD

<h2>Mobile Orbiters</h2>
* 2x Ipod touch via web orbiter

<h2>Plans / ToDo</h2>
* Integrate my Arduino setup
* Garden Irrigation

<h2>Modifications</h2>

* I've added a wireless atheros card to my core and managed to integrate it as an acess point. Saves me from having another device running 24/7 and I have greater flexibilty. I have started to write down my approach under ''Access_Point''.

[[Category:User Setups]]
[[Category:Australian Setups]]