Re: [HOWTO] N900 WiFi Hotspot (shell script version)
 

Brilliant mate, that did it... ;)

cheers,

..::J4ZZ::..

Edit: Yay, 200 posts reached.

Re: [HOWTO] N900 WiFi Hotspot (shell script version)
 

Thanks, I'll give it try this weekend. I need this in the case I'm on a road and have to transfer something between my laptop and N900 without a cable. I have linux on the laptop so I hope I would be able to add different routes for N900 and internet, if necessary.

Thanks again,
i.

Re: [HOWTO] N900 WiFi Hotspot (shell script version)
 

I managed to establish a connection with my N900 running this script in QBW and connecting with a N97 mini. However, I did not get internet access. Will try after reboot. And, I don't know how to make the close script into a .tar, so for me it is not possible to turn the script off :/ could this also be added in the first post in the future?

Thanks.

Re: [HOWTO] N900 WiFi Hotspot (shell script version)
 

I don't understand here. You don't need to make the second script into tar in order to run it. BTW, both scripts are included the the .tar of the first post. You can download and untar it.

Re: [HOWTO] N900 WiFi Hotspot (shell script version)
 

I need a little help here 9000,

I was writing the first code on installing the script, everything was going well until writing the line

iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc

it returns the following,

+ iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
/bin/sh: iwconfig: not found

Is this good? is it part of the process? I'm going to keep writing the code but if there is something wrong please reply, and thanks for your help

Re: [HOWTO] N900 WiFi Hotspot (shell script version)
 

This command helps change the mode of the WiFi interface, which is essential to the script.

I forgot to mention this is provided by the package wireless-tools. I'll revise the instructions. Thank you for your feedback.

Re: [HOWTO] N900 WiFi Hotspot (shell script version)
 

sorry to bother again, but I wrote every code from the installation part, still haven't done the turn off one but should i notice anything after doing that part of the code?

I'm using the WiFi Switcher (cuz I can't install Queen BeeCon from the apps manager for some strange reason), but does this work for the code?

thanks for your help again

Re: [HOWTO] N900 WiFi Hotspot (shell script version)
 

Don't worry. I'm glad to help.

There's two ways to turn off the hotspot: 1) change the mode from ad hoc to managed 2) turn off the wifi interface. I'm not sure about the operation of the wifi switcher, but what the wifi.sh script is doing is to

When wifi is up (no matter it is in ad hoc or managed)
1) turn off the interface
2) unload related modules
3) stop the related process
4) notify the user wifi is turned off

When wifi is down
1) turn on the interface in managed mode
2) load related modules
3) start the related process
4) notify the user wifi is turned on


Therefore, when you run the script wifi.sh I provided, you may look at the screen for notification.

Also, if you're using QBE, you might notice the change in color of the icon as wifi.sh would return different exit code for different status.

Hope this helps.

Re: [HOWTO] N900 WiFi Hotspot (shell script version)
 

I thank you for your help but i'm not understanding how this works right now......

1. how do i know if the code is working?
2. where can i find the package wireless-tools for the iwconfig?

i managed to download and install Queen BeeCon and did the following steps on adding the new commands, wifi hotspot and wifi. But how do I use it?

I know that this is frustrating because for me it is.... I did get the Kernel_power for my n900 just for the overclocking, I haven't used it for anything else (850mhz) and lower the voltage usage a little...

Re: [HOWTO] N900 WiFi Hotspot (shell script version)
 

Discover the wifi you setup by other device.

There's no other explicit message. It is a script version with highest simplicity anyway.

You may look here: http://wiki.maemo.org/Queen_BeeCon_Widget
That's okay. You are on the right track.