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Topic: wgt634u kamikazes 7.07 - wifi AP what are the needed packages

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Hello, I have just installed kamikazes 7.07 on my wgt634u.
The boot is fast and the LAN, SSH , DHCP, DNS and Ipkg are working well.
The original firmware was not stable and DHCP was failling almost every day, I hope it will be better with openwrt.

Now I want to configure a wifi access point.
Should I have to install hostapd or is there any configuration to do in /etc/config
Are there any other package needed ?
There is a great work of documentation but I may have missed some information.
Thanks in advance for your help.

zapo

Install hostapd then edit /etc/config/wireless

thank you, now I have a better view of how it works
I changed the dhcp file too (but that was not in the question)
then executed /etc/init.d/network start

zapotek wrote:

Now I want to configure a wifi access point.

If you like to configure wireless with WPA2 (PSK) you need the hostapd package and change 'option encryption', 'option key' and enable WiFi in /etc/config/wireless.

# Install the hostapd package
ipkg install hostapd

# Enable WiFi
uci set wireless.wifi0.disabled=0

# Set encryption and the key
uci set wireless.cfg2.encryption=psk2
uci set wireless.cfg2.key=<password>

# Commit the changes (saves them in /etc/config/wireless on the flash)
uci commit wireless

# Reload WiFi settings
wifi

(Last edited by forum2006 on 5 Sep 2007, 22:19)

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