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Auto Hotspot hijack

 

Maybe I¡¯m missing something obvious, but I¡¯ve tried just about everything I can think of to fix it.

Problem: Hotspot Tools is hijacking my wireless capabilities. I am unable to force the pi to connect to my shacks WiFi with any option available and it even goes as far to to disable my adapter. I¡¯ve run this on two individual Pi 4s.?


I hope I¡¯m just missing something obvious.
 

I have the same issue, on previous build. Big 4. My Wireless wifi works?

later


Don Poaps
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On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 6:23 PM KG7RQK <kg7rqk@...> wrote:

Maybe I¡¯m missing something obvious, but I¡¯ve tried just about everything I can think of to fix it.

Problem: Hotspot Tools is hijacking my wireless capabilities. I am unable to force the pi to connect to my shacks WiFi with any option available and it even goes as far to to disable my adapter. I¡¯ve run this on two individual Pi 4s.?


I hope I¡¯m just missing something obvious.
Chris Schulz
 

I am having this same problem also. First time working with "Build A Pi". It either looks like the onboard wireless is disabled. Keeps saying no wireless interfaces available when I go to the networking icon in the taskbar. Any suggestions on where I am going wrong in setting up the Hotspot feature on the Pi? Going to keep at it and will post what I figure out here. Linux is a new path for me at this point.

Chris Schulz
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Did you go into Raspbian Preference and setup your country, location?etc. Your wifi won't be available to even access as a hotspot. Also, go to Interface and check VNC and SSH.?

73

Don Poaps
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On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 5:13 PM Chris Schulz <chrisschulz82@...> wrote:
I am having this same problem also. First time working with "Build A Pi". It either looks like the onboard wireless is disabled. Keeps saying no wireless interfaces available when I go to the networking icon in the taskbar. Any suggestions on where I am going wrong in setting up the Hotspot feature on the Pi? Going to keep at it and will post what I figure out here. Linux is a new path for me at this point.

Chris Schulz
NR9Q

Chris Schulz
 

Thanks for the reply Don. This is a mistake in starting this Pi project off in the wrong place. This appears to have been simplified by Jason with Hotspot-Tools. I was following an older video and PDF. I am on the right track now. I could not seem to undo what I had already done. I did manage to learn how to delete files in terminal to try to undo this before going with Hotspot-Tools. Yes, I am that new to Linux, but going to get it though.

Should I work with installing Hotspot-Tools then move to the Pi script V2? I believe this might be built into V2.

Chris Schulz
NR9Q
 

Chris,

Run Build-a-Pi 2 on a fresh copy of Buster and you will have the option of installing the hotspot and hotspot tools during the build. Or jump on the mailing list as Build-a-Pi v3 beta should hit the newsletter in a week or so.
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Chris Schulz
 

Jason,

Thanks for the advice. I got on the right track last night. Most everything went well. Still having a problem with the WiFi after running version 2. I have enabled and disable with reboots with no success. I am currently trying to use the WiFi at the hotel I am at. The network requires no password, so I just hit enter when that question is asked during setup. To rule out a problem with the hotel network, I tried using my phone as a hotspot. Still nothing.

Now this is where i think I found the problem, but don't know what to do with it. Per you post on YouTube to another individual. I ran sudo /usr/bin/autohotspotN . This is what I got. I will post everything, but the hostapd.service could not be found is probably my problem.

Valid SSID Detected, assesing WiFi status
Unit hostapd.service could not be found.
Connecting to the WiFi Network
Checking WiFi connection ok
Failed to connect to non-global ctrl_iframe: wlan0 error: No such file or directory
WiFi failed to connect, falling back to Hotspot.
Creating Hotspot
RENETLINK answers: File exists
Failed to start hostapd.service: Unit hostapd.service not found.

Any direction is much appreciated.

Chris Schulz
NR9Q
 
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Try disabling hotspot in hotspot tools and reboot. You should be able to use the GUI interface for wifi (by the clock on desktop) to add the hotel wifi.
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The latest build with the mobile pi. Out in the car I could log into the 10.10.10.10, on my Android Pad. I could log in but saw black screen. I could not access radpi-config to change the screen. I left the hotspot enabled when I shutdown and went into my place.?
Now I can't log in via wifi. I put the lan cable on and I can log in via vnc using the router)pi up address.

I used putty to access 192?168.0.37 port 22 and talk to pi.
I tried 10.10.10.10 port 22 nothing

I just ran Run Hotspot Check
Status: Enabled
State: Active
IP add: 10.10.10.10
Forced Mode Active

I just did a reboot. The VNC timed out.


I was hoping when I booted up I could turn on ./mobi-connect and then either run Pat Winlink or APRS.

In the house no issue in the car there's issues. Back to the drawing board.

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Don va7dgp

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Don

On Mon., Jun. 8, 2020, 2:13 p.m. km4ack <jason.oleham@...> wrote:
Try disabling hotspot and reboot. You should be able to use the GUI interface for wifi (by the clock on desktop) to add the hotel wifi.
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Don,

Are you connecting to the hotspot first? You need to go into the wireless settings on your phone/tablet, look for RpiHotSpot, and connect. Then open your VNC viewer and connect to 10.10.10.10.

The black screen with VNC has been around since Buster was released. I cover the fix in this video

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Yes. Was using 10.10.10.10 in my home computer ( as well as android) and then shut down pi, rebooted in the mobile.?
I'm unable to remote.?
As far as black screen, I tried an Android terminal using 10.10.10.10 and terminal couldn't connect. I was looking for your video on line. Thank you for adding it. As others may get the same issues.

Going mobile around 10:00 am later to day.

73

Don





On Tue., Jun. 9, 2020, 4:23 a.m. km4ack <jason.oleham@...> wrote:
Don,

Are you connecting to the hotspot first? You need to go into the wireless settings on your phone/tablet, look for RpiHotSpot, and connect. Then open your VNC viewer and connect to 10.10.10.10.

The black screen with VNC has been around since Buster was released. I cover the fix in this video

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