I'm tearing my hair out at this point. I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this but I have to start somewhere.
In the past, I have set up a hotspot on a Pi 3 and it worked well. I now have a new project that requires a hotspot/router as part of the larger project. The Pi is used for this as it is well suited to being tethered to a phone to use phone data for the WAN connection.
With the advent of network manager, none of the instructions I've used in the past for setting up a hotspot work. To avoid some of the questions I expect, yes, I stopped working on the overall project and created a fresh SD card with Bookworm lite. I did the localization step so the wifi will work.
Using the nmcli I set up a hotspot using the following:
I went in using the nmtui to set the channel for the hotspot.
Then used: to turn on the hotspot.
It worked once in that the wifi hotspot showed up. I tried connecting to it. I connected, and the hotspot disappeared. I wasn't able to stay connected long enough to try anything.
I've rebooted several times, tried forcing the hotspot down and up, but no luck. I was never able to get it to come back.
If anyone has any thoughts or could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.
In the past, I have set up a hotspot on a Pi 3 and it worked well. I now have a new project that requires a hotspot/router as part of the larger project. The Pi is used for this as it is well suited to being tethered to a phone to use phone data for the WAN connection.
With the advent of network manager, none of the instructions I've used in the past for setting up a hotspot work. To avoid some of the questions I expect, yes, I stopped working on the overall project and created a fresh SD card with Bookworm lite. I did the localization step so the wifi will work.
Using the nmcli I set up a hotspot using the following:
Code:
nmcli con add type wifi ifname wlan0 con-name Hotspot autoconnect yes ssid <myssid>nmcli con modify Hotspot 802-11-wireless.mode ap 802-11-wireless.band bg ipv4.method sharednmcli con modify Hotspot wifi-sec.key-mgmt wpa-psknmcli con modify Hotspot wifi-sec.psk "<mypassword>"Then used:
Code:
nmcli con up HotspotIt worked once in that the wifi hotspot showed up. I tried connecting to it. I connected, and the hotspot disappeared. I wasn't able to stay connected long enough to try anything.
I've rebooted several times, tried forcing the hotspot down and up, but no luck. I was never able to get it to come back.
If anyone has any thoughts or could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.
Statistics: Posted by shhammer5634 — Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:30 pm