Wireles networking: The BQ as an AccessPoint (hotspot)
We want connect a computer/netbook through Wifi with our BQ, run TCP/IP over the link, perhaps even through this to Internet, like this:
netbook ---(Wifi)---> BQ ---(data mobile) ---> InternetJust configure in Settings --> Hotspot the SSID and a good password (must have at least 8 chars) in turn Hotspot on. This allows any computer to connect to the BQ. This is the wpa_supplicant.conf entry I'm using in my beloved FreeBSD:
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
...
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
update_config=1
# BQ
#
network={
ssid="UbuntuBQ"
priority=10
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="XXXXXXXXXX"
}
...You can SSH just as usual to the BQ to do config stuff there. The interface in the BQ is ap0, not wlan0, and default routing goes to the data mobile interface ccmni0 (or ccmni1, dependig of the used SIM):
In the netbook you have now full access and DNS to Internet
You can move away with the BQ in pocket around 25 meter, without breaking the Wifi link.
The battery drain is around 36% in 2 hours of usage.
Last updated: Fri Oct 23 08:03:30 CEST 2015
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