Notes on Pi Setup and operation

Raspberry Pi Client Software:

https://github.com/jimskon/wificlient

Log in to Pi: Kenyon Kenyon

Client statemachine: /home/kenyon/wificlient/wifi_state_machine.rb

Edit to Point to right server:

CONTROLLER = '138.28.162.215' # Kenyon Test server 1

PORT=3001

To watch log:

tail -f /tmp/pifi.log 

To get IP address:

ifconfig

Contol the wifi statemachine:

sudo service cloudwifi restart/start/stop/status

Using Server for project

For regular login: jamesskon@gmail.com. FixStatus
For manager login jimskon@hotmail.com managersecret

mysql:

http://138.28.162.215/phpmyadmin. Root Kenyon2023

How to create a disk image of the PI os:

Do a “df” to find the disk name.

sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk5 of=wificlient16.dmg status=progress bs=16M

Build Hostapd

Build:

dpkg-buildpackage -b

Install:

dpkg -i hostapd_2.9.0-21_arm64.deb

Install Realtek driver:

git clone https://github.com/morrownr/8821cu-20210916.git 

cd 8821cu-20210916 sudo ./install-driver.sh

Hostapd

Source: https://w1.fi/hostapd/

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