Introduction

PyAccessPoint is a package to create a wifi access point on linux. Itdepends on hostapd for AP provisioning and dnsmasq to assign IP addresses to devices.

Dependencies

So, there 2 types of dependencies.

System dependencies:

• dnsmasq
• hostapd
• python3

Python dependencies

• wireless
• netifaces
• psutil

You can not install python dependencies manually, they will be installed while installing the package. If you want to do it manually, just type (or copy, it's better way :D)

sudo apt install python3-dev python3-pip && sudo pip3 install wireless netifaces psutil

Installation

Easy way by using pip

sudo apt update && sudo apt --yes --force-yes install dnsmasq hostapd python3-dev python3-pip && sudo pip3 install pyaccesspoint

Hard way

1. Install system dependencies

   sudo apt update && sudo apt --yes --force-yes install dnsmasq hostapd python3-dev unzip python3-pip
   

2. Download latest package

   cd ~ && wget --output-document=pyaccesspoint-master.zip https://github.com/Goblenus/pyaccesspoint/archive/master.zip
   

3. Unpack downloaded package

   unzip pyaccesspoint-master.zip && cd pyaccesspoint-master
   

4. Install it

   sudo python3 setup.py install
   

5. Remove files

   cd ~ && sudo rm -rf pyaccesspoint-master.zip pyaccesspoint-master
   

That is all. Now you can use PyAccessPoint.

One line install:

sudo apt update && sudo apt --yes --force-yes install dnsmasq hostapd python3-dev unzip python3-pip && cd ~ && wget --output-document=pyaccesspoint-master.zip https://github.com/Goblenus/pyaccesspoint/archive/master.zip && unzip pyaccesspoint-master.zip && cd pyaccesspoint-master && sudo python3 setup.py install && cd ~ && sudo rm -rf pyaccesspoint-master.zip pyaccesspoint-master

Usage

You can use it as standalone command line utility: To start

sudo pyaccesspoint start

It will create hotspot named "MyAccessPoint" on wlan0 with "1234567890" password.

All arguments you may obtain by typing:

pyaccesspoint --help

To stop

sudo pyaccesspoint stop

You can configure and save config file. This will save you time at them next start

sudo pyaccesspoint configure

You config file file will be placed at /etc/accesspoint/accesspoint.json. To start it with config file just type:

sudo pyaccesspoint --config start

Code usage

1. Import

   from PyAccessPoint import pyaccesspoint
   

2. Create AccessPoint class

   access_point = pyaccesspoint.AccessPoint()
   

3. Start it

   access_point.start()
   

4. Stop it

   access_point.stop()
   

To check is accesspoint started use is_running

access_point.is_running()

You can change accesspoint parameters while creating AccessPoint class

Class parameters:

• wlan - wlan interface
• inet - wlan forward to interface (use None to off forwarding)
• ip - just ip of your accesspoint wlan interface
• netmask - so... -> (wiki link)
• ssid - name of your accesspoint
• password - password of your accesspoint

Tested

• OrangePi Plus with Armbian 5.23

Note

This project is python3 compatible only, python2 is not tested at all.

Idea

This project is fork of https://github.com/prahladyeri/hotspotd (Prahlad Yeri - prahladyeri@yahoo.com)