t2 ap

[Frijol]

Current status: no such command

Spec: T2 CLI spec
tessel ap [-n ] [-p ] [-s ] [on | off]

Creates a wireless access point.

$ tessel ap
> Usage: tessel ap [-n <ssid>] [-p <pass>] [-s <security>] [on | off]
>  -n <ssid>:      name of the network
>  -p <pass>:      password to access network
>  -s <security>:  encryption to use on network (i.e. WEP, WPA, PSK)
>  on:             bring up an access point that’s turned off
>  off:            turn off the access point
$

$ tessel ap -n test-network
> Created access point “test-network”
$ 

$ tessel ap off
> Turned off access point “test-network”
$ 

$ tessel ap -n test-network -p secret
> Created password protected access point “test-network”
$ 

$ tessel ap -n test-network -p secret -s WPA
> Created password protected access point “test-network” secured with WPA
$ 

$ tessel ap off
> Turned off access point “test-network”
$ tessel ap on
> Turned on access point “test-network”
$ 

[Frijol]

What is an entry point for this issue/relevant docs? @kevinmehall probably

[kevinmehall]

Things to look at are http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/uci/wireless + the existing code for t2 wifi. It will need to add a second wifi-iface and configure it.

[Frijol]

Thanks!

[HipsterBrown]

I was looking into doing this before seeing this issue. Looks pretty straightforward. I know the default settings are available here: https://github.com/tessel/openwrt-tessel/blob/6a4021b1ff100d9bdd2200d7d14f4cea5c86312f/files/etc/config/wireless

@kevinmehall Are there two wifi-devices? Or a different mode we can set to support a station and ap?

[johnnyman727]

👏 go get 'em @HipsterBrown!

[johnnyman727]

And to answer your other question, we can set up multiple wifi-devices.

[HipsterBrown]

@johnnyman727 I'm a bit stumped about setting up another wifi-device and wifi-iface after looking through this doc and this setup page.

According to the former link:

mac80211 STA mode supported on trunk. STA and AP at the same time is not yet supported(r22989).

Which has me wondering if we can change the mode of the radio0 wifi-device OR can we register another wifi-device called radio1 to setup as an access point? Maybe I need to just try some stuff out and see what works.

[kevinmehall]

You can create multiple wifi-ifaces on the same wifi-device, but you can't create a new wifi-device, because that represents a hardware PHY.

That doc is outdated -- the commit referenced is from 2010. I've done it on T2 just by adding another wifi-iface block and putting it in the right firewall zone. The only limitation is that all the networks joined or created have to be on the same channel.

[HipsterBrown]

putting it in the right firewall zone

Could you clarify this a bit more? Is this something set in the wifi-iface or the wifi-device config?

If a password is given but no security option, what should we set as the default security?