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reinob 2013-02-28 21:24
Re: N900 into WiFi / WiFi HotSpot
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by peterleinchen (Post 1326049)
Que?

What are you trying to say? You want to get a USB WiFi stick to work with Maemo? I would not believe this is supported, even by power kernel. But this is out of my knowledge. Someone else ???

And if so, for what reason?
The only reason I can think of is that by using an external WLAN card he might be able to set-up the hotspot in Infrastructure mode (i.e. not ad-hoc).

peterleinchen 2013-02-28 22:06
Re: N900 into WiFi / WiFi HotSpot
 
Yeah.
After re-reading OP
Quote:
I would like to know if it is possible to make the N900 a WiFi / WiFi HotSpot.
it is obvious ;) Sorry.

Nevertheless I still doubt a WiFi USB stick will be supported, but may be totally wrong.
Second thing I think of is package iptable or 'simple' routing/natting?

Sounds challenging! Have fun ...

jackburton 2013-02-28 23:45
Re: N900 into WiFi / WiFi HotSpot
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiefRA (Post 1326008)
Thanks reinob and all others. My problem so far is to get a WiFi USB stick to be recognized by N900 when I connect it through microUSB port. I've tried with a Hercules WiFi but unsuccesfull so far, it's not recognized by H-E-N. Should I try another software?

Any reccomendations on which type/model should I purchase in order to have the drivers included?
I turned a BeagleBoard into a wifi access point in the past. I needed a Usb stick that had drivers supported by hostapd. http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd

I found some old 3com USB sticks on ebay that used the prism driver. You would likely need to compile hostapd and use that.
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/p54

I have not used H-E-N but I would try hostapd if I were you. What does dmesg say when you insert your usb stick?

lucm 2013-05-13 21:50
Re: N900 into WiFi / WiFi HotSpot
 
Hi. I am very interested in this possibility.

I have a notebook here that is serving as a proxy in combination with a Wifi router. The notebook has Internet access from a primary router and is connected to a secondary Wifi router via Ethernet. The secondary Wifi router then serves several other devices over Wifi, with proxy benefits.

I am not very happy with this, I've been thinking about getting an old computer and turn it into the proxy, so the notebook is relieved. All I need is iptables and Privoxy, so the computer can be very basic and cheap.

But then I remembered my old Nokia N900 is sitting in a drawer, not being used... And it runs Linux... I wonder if it is possible to put it in place of the notebook to be the proxy. Maybe it is possible. I just need it to get Wifi signal from the primary router and share it with the secondary Wifi router through... Ethernet.

Now there comes the problem. The N900 doesn't have any Ethernet port. I thought that maybe I could use an Ethernet/USB adapter, which may possibly work or not, but even if it does, my biggest concern is that I would need the USB port for two things: the Ethernet adapter and powering the N900! I don't want it to run on battery, I want it to be always plugged to the mains.

So what do you think? Any solution to this conundrum?

lucm 2013-05-21 16:02
Re: N900 into WiFi / WiFi HotSpot
 
Well, I just got an USB/Ethernet adaptor and it didn't work. The N900 doesn't even acknowledge its existence with lsusb or ifconfig. I guess it isn't possible. Bummer.

nokiabot 2013-05-21 18:01
Re: N900 into WiFi / WiFi HotSpot
 
Why the n900 only theaters in ad hoc mode??
Reason:)


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