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Arch-WiPi

Turn your Raspberry Pi into a wireless router/AP. Arch-WiPi is a tiny Arch Linux ARM + create_ap based setup, packaged into a downloadable image.

Requirements

  • Raspberry Pi Model B Revision 2.0 or newer.
  • Power adapter with at least 1500 mA (2 amp recommended)
  • Fat32 formated 1GB SD Card (2GB Recommended)
  • Wifi USB dongle running rtl871xdrv. Eg. Edimax EW-7811Un. (I just ordered and recommend this one)
  • Network Cable with Internet access. (eg. Internet cable from your cable modem)

Installation

  • Download my Arch Linux Wireless Raspberry Pi image: archwipi.img.tar.gz (252MB)
  • Extract it. eg: sudo tar zxf archwipi.img.tar.gz
  • Write the extracted image to your SD card. eg: sudo dd if=archwipi.img of=/dev/sdb …change sdb if necessary. Don’t run this command if unsure!!!
  • Optional – extend partition to use all of disk. You can use gparted.
  • Plug your internet cable and new Arch WiPi SD card into your Raspberry and power it on.
  • Everything is automated so after a minute or so scan for a new network SSID: ArchWiPi
  • The wifi password password is: 1010101010
  • If you need to login to the Pi the credentials are: root | ArchWiPi. (note that there’s a period “.” at the end)
  • You can change the WiFi password to what ever you like by editing: /usr/lib/systemd/system/create_ap.service
  • Check the CPU clock speed and temperature using ./cpustatus.sh or browse to this address 192.168.12.1:8080/archwipi (powered by Monitorix) Example from my stats page…

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Source: README.md, updated 2015-03-22