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ezWiFiHotspot

Simple and easy GUI for creating wifi hotspots on Linux using create_ap (https://github.com/oblique/create_ap) behind the scenes.

New version 2.0 - 10/04/2019

https://github.com/raryelcostasouza/ezWiFiHotspot/releases/tag/v2.0

  1. Configuration available entirely via GUI
  2. Preliminary tests for dependencies and wifi board support
  3. More detailed error messages

Requirements

  1. create_ap. Download and install from https://github.com/oblique/create_ap or from the deps subfolder on this repository.
  2. dnsmasq
  3. hostapd
  4. iptables
  5. ip
  6. iw

on Ubuntu

$ sudo apt install dnsmasq hostapd iproute2 iw iptables

Hardware support

WiFi board need to support AP-mode (access-point mode), essential to be able to create wifi hotspots. Check running the following command on terminal:

$ iw list | grep AP

About WiFi boards using proprietary drivers

Some proprietary wifi drivers do not support AP-mode (even when the wifi board actually supports it). In such case this app would not work.

Installation instructions

  1. Download the release package at https://github.com/raryelcostasouza/ezWiFiHotspot/releases/
  2. Extract it
  3. sudo ./install.sh

Note: to enable non-admin users to create the wifi hotspot, by default, during the installation a rule is added to the /etc/sudoers file. This rule allow all users to execute the script /opt/ezWiFiHotspot/util-root.sh (where the root commands needed for managing the wifi hotspot are located).

Screenshots

Main Window (Hotspot not running)

ss0

Main Window (Hotspot running)

ss1

WiFi Hotspot created

ss2

Settings GUI

ss3 ss4 ss5 ss6

License

GNU GPL v3