Recommend a wifi dongle for access point setup

[mk01]

NO

definitely not "black screen".

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@Wrechid

ok, I tried and succeeded (with the script). changes I needed to do manually:
1) edit /etc/network/interfaces to look like this:

Code:

auto eth0 lo

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp

iface default inet dhcp

auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
        address 192.168.10.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
up iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.ipv4.nat

then without reboot I executed those commands:

Code:

ifdown wlan0; ifup wlan0
sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
service hostapd start
service isc-dhcp-server start

and I connected to AP and was able to browse internet

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btw: I'm not sure if Beta1 or 1.1 had NAT support in kernel, …

after you starts the wlan0 with new config, you can check with:

Code:

iptables -L -n -t nat

and you should get this output

Code:

Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination        

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination        

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination        

Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination        
MASQUERADE  all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0