In this tutorial, I will show you how to set up a Wi-Fi Access Point using hostapd, a popular open-source software package for creating Wi-Fi networks on Linux systems.
Install Hostapd & Dnsmasq
For the Access Point to work, you’ll need two items:
- hostapd — the Access Point software.
- dnsmasq — a DHCP server that will provide IP addresses to the clients.
So, start up the Linux system, and in the terminal type:
apt install dnsmasq hostapd
Set up the Access Point
Run the “iwconfig” command to see the available wireless network interfaces (wlan0, wlan1…).