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Linux Wifi Hotspot
Features
- Share your wifi like in Windows - Share wifi on same interface which you are connected to internet.
- Share access point from any network interface
- Includes Both command line and gui.
- Support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz (Need to compatible with your wifi adapter). Ex: You have connected to 5GHz and share connection with 2.4GHz.
- Select Channel.
- Hide SSID
Command line help and documentation
Notes
Sometimes there are troubles with 5Ghz due to some vendor restriction. If you cannot start hotspot while you are connected to 5Ghz band, Unselect Auto and select 2.4Ghz in frequency selection.
Dependencies
General
- bash
- util-linux (for getopt)
- procps or procps-ng
- hostapd
- iproute2
- iw
- iwconfig (you only need this if 'iw' can not recognize your adapter)
- haveged (optional)
Make sure you have those dependencies by typing them in terminal. If any of dependencies fail install it using your distro's package manager
For 'NATed' or 'None' Internet sharing method
- dnsmasq
- iptables
For building from source
- cmake (https://cmake.org)
- make
- gcc and g++
- build-essential
- pkg-config
- gtk
- libgtk-3-dev
On Ubuntu or debian install dependencies by,
sudo apt install -y libgtk-3-dev build-essential cmake gcc g++ pkg-config make
Installation
git clone https://github.com/lakinduakash/linux-wifi-hotspot
cd linux-wifi-hotspot
#build binaries
make
#install
sudo make install
If you don't want to install it to system, you can run programm from build directory. Then you don't want to run sudo make install.
But make sure create_ap the command line util is installed.
Uninstallation
sudo make uninstall
Running
Run in terminal
wihotspot
Tested with Ubuntu 18.10. If any issue found, file a issue on github.
credits - oblique
Contributing
This project is still new. So you can simply open a issue and send a PR. Also there are some existing issues. Pick one and start contributing.
License
FreeBSD
Copyright (c) 2013, oblique
Copyright (c) 2019, lakinduakash