ECOM Digital Station Part 2 – AP Setup

In this part we will setup the Access Point.

I found a project on Git hub that fit the bill called RasAP. You can find it at https://github.com/billz/raspap-webgui.

The quick version to install this is login into your PI and open a command shell window or ssh into the PI and run the following install script.

Answer yes to all the questions.

After the reboot at the end of the installation the wireless network will be configured as an access point as follows:

IP address: 10.3.141.1
Username: admin
Password: secret
DHCP range: 10.3.141.50 to 10.3.141.255
SSID: raspi-webgui
Password: ChangeMe

Your going to want to change these defaults. Connect to the AP and put the IP address into your web browser and login using the credentials above.

The first page that opens is the Dash Board that shows you the status of the AP.

Starting from the top and working down the left menu. We can skip the Configure Wifi Client and move on to Configure Hotspot

Set your SSID to what ever you want your AP to display to others, in my case I changed to raspi-ecom

I left the Wireless mode and Channel as the defaults hit Save settings.

Now on the same page click the Security tab and change the following:

• Security Type: WPA2
• Encryption Type: TKIP
• PSK: what your want your wireless password to be.

Save settings

The next menu item we need to open is Configure Auth in here should change your admin password and Save settings.

The AP is now up and running.

In the next in part 3 we will setup the FLDigi suite of programs and Hamlib.