Difference between revisions of "Wifi kiosk"
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
Add to the /etc/network/interfaces | Add to the /etc/network/interfaces | ||
<source lang="text"> | |||
# wlan | # wlan | ||
auto wlan0 | auto wlan0 | ||
| Line 24: | Line 25: | ||
wireless-essid KIWIX | wireless-essid KIWIX | ||
wireless-mode ad-hoc | wireless-mode ad-hoc | ||
</source> | |||
Try to start the interface with: ifconfig wlan0 up | Try to start the interface with: ifconfig wlan0 up | ||
Revision as of 08:25, 12 February 2011
This page is a HOWTO to create a Kiwix Wifi kiosk, a simple wifi hotspot which allow user to surf on Wikipedia using kiwix-serve and also provide all necessary files to download.
1 - Hardware
Almost all hardware may be able to help to build such a wifi hotspot. We use a small PC based on a x86 and using a USB wifi dongle. To install Debian on the computer, we use an additional USB HD.
2 - OS Installation
Install unetbootin and start it. unetbootin propose you to install a debian stable netinstall on your USB key, do it. Boot your target computer on the usb key and install Debian stable choosing the options "Web server" and "SSH server".
3 - Install additional packages
You should now be able to connect to you computer using SSH, you may consequently to all the next steps remotly. Install the following packags : wireless-tools, dnsmasq Check that you wirelss card is correctly recognized.
4 - Configuration network
Add to the /etc/network/interfaces
# wlan
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.1.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
wireless-essid KIWIX
wireless-mode ad-hoc
Try to start the interface with: ifconfig wlan0 up
5 - Configuration of DNS & DHCP
Enable the option in /etc/dnsmasq.conf :
- bogus-priv
- address = /#/192.168.1.1
- interface=wlan0
- dhcp-range=192.168.1.50,192.168.1.150,1h