WE866C3 Wi-Fi Network Interface Card (NIC) User Guide
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2018-07-09
AP Mode
Telit WE866C3 module supports 802.11 b/g/n and a/ac modes in AP operations. AP
interface supports starting a BSS in 2.4 GHz & 5GHz network.
Following are the steps required to install, configure, and test wireless interface in AP
mode:
1.
Install the DHCP server.
sudo apt-get install isc-dhcp-server
2.
Configure DHCP server
a. Open configuration file and make sure static configuration.
vi /etc/network/interfaces
b. File content:
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 10.0.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 10.0.0.1
c. Restart networking
/etc/init.d/networking restart
3.
Open dhcp configuration file and modify if required
vi /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
Sample configuration given below:
ddns-update-style none;
ignore client-updates;
authoritative;
option routers 10.0.0.1;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 10.0.0.255;
option domain-name-servers 10.0.0.1,8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4;
option time-offset 0;
default-lease-time 1209600;
max-lease-time 1814400;
subnet 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 10.0.0.3 10.0.0.13;
}
4.
Start DHCP Server
sudo service isc-dhcp-server restart
or
sudo service isc-dhcp-server start
