On 08/23/2017 07:02 AM, James Knott wrote:
On 08/23/2017 09:51 AM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
We want to set up a Linux and a Windows computer on a local wireless network. We would like to do this without using a dedicated access point. Having the Linux computer also be an access point would be the best solution.
Is it possible for a single wireless port on Linux be both an access point and a regular wireless port at the same time?
I don't think so. It's either an access point or regular port, not both.
I have seen information on setting up openSUSE to be a wireless access point. Something like this:
Ad-Hoc connection setup with YaST
Network manager supports setting up a computer as an access point, in which case you'd connect to the Internet via Ethernet. However, if you read back a few days, you'll find I was unable to get this to work. Windows 10 supports the same feature and it works there.
I didn't get that to work either. I'm not sure it does what I think it does. I have a raspberry-pi V3 set up as an AP, and that was drop dead simple. I used this guide: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/access-poin... So i decided to try the exact same thing on my son's 42.2 machine because he only has a cat 5 drop from his upstream, and didn't want to buy a router. Installing dnsmasq and hostapd bridge-utils, etc per that page, it all worked fine and he was able to get his smartphone and tablet, and chromecast on wifi. I didn't test using a cheap wifi dongle as a second wifi device, while using the primary to connect to the existing wifi. That might work also. By the way, I've successfully streamed hours of video using the pi's built in wifi as a router. -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org