Raspberry Pi as Standalone Access Point

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I had a case (Raspberry Pi Zero ePaper Nametag), where I needed an Raspberry Pi Zero WH to act as access point, including DHCP-Server. Standalone, not connected to any network.

Installation

apt-get install hostapd dnsutils traceroute udhcp

Configuration

Disable IPv6

vi /etc/sysctl.conf

and set 

net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1

Explanation: Disable IPv6 (to KISS).

Disable wpa-supplicant

If the Pi was used before, WPA-supplicant was most likely set up. Disable it.

Setup DHCPd

vi /etc/udhcpd.conf

…and… 

start 10.178.42.100 # This is the range of IPs that the hostspot will give to client devices.
end 10.178.42.199
interface wlan0 # The device uDHCP listens on.
remaining yes
opt dns 10.178.42.1
opt subnet 255.255.255.0
opt router 10.178.42.1 # The Pi's IP address on wlan0 which we will set up shortly.
opt lease 864000 # 10 day DHCP lease time in seconds

…and… 

vi /etc/default/udhcpd

…and comment this out… 

#DHCPD_ENABLED="no"

Enable and Configure Access Point

vi /etc/default/hostapd

and set: 

DAEMON_CONF="/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf"

Explanation: The hostapd reads the configfile, to find this configfile. I don't get what this is good for. I think I'm just net getting the whole concept. If anyone cares to enlighten me, please do. :) 

vi /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf

and set something like this: 

interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
hw_mode=g
channel=7
ieee80211n=1
wmm_enabled=1
macaddr_acl=0
auth_algs=1
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
wpa=2
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
rsn_pairwise=CCMP
ssid=HMS_Camden_Lock
wpa_passphrase=42_42_42_42
country_code=DE

Enable it 

vi /etc/default/hostapd

…and comment this and set path: 

DAEMON_CONF="/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf"

Set static IP-Address

vi /etc/dhcpcd.conf

…and… 

interface wlan0
  static ip_address=10.178.42.1/24
  static routers=10.178.42.1
  static domain_name_servers=10.178.42.1

Launch AP and DHCPd

service hostapd start
service udhcpd start

Known issues

root@pi00:~# service hostapd start
Failed to start hostapd.service: Unit hostapd.service is masked.
root@pi00:~# 

systemctl unmask hostapd
systemctl enable hostapd

Also remember: Try setting WiFi-Country with… 

raspi-config

…first!

Setup DNS

Later. Not mattering right now.

Network Interfaces

vi /etc/network/interfaces

Don't touch this file. dhcpcd gets jealous...


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