It makes sense but I will have to wrap my mind around the complex firewall config.
The objective is not to use the Omega as a router, but to use it as a Wi-Fi Access Point to my home router and gateway to the Internet.
Then use Cron to turn the Wi-Fi AP on and off. Is there a command to do that?
After more experimenting, it appears that it's not possible to use the Omega as an AP if the Wi-Fi network setting is off -- even if AP and Wi-Fi network are in separate parts of the Settings.
If the Wi-Fi network is off, the AP will not serve Internet to connected devices even if the Ethernet board is connected to my router and received DHCP from it.
Is this right? I do not need the Omega to connect wirelessly to the Internet. That should be handled by Ethernet. I only need devices to use the Omega as an AP. Thanks.
Hello, I would like to be able to toggle the Omega's Wi-Fi access point on and off using Cron. The AP needs to be on during some hours of the day and off at other hours.
My Omega gets Internet access via the Ethernet Expansion unit, which is wired to my home router and ISP. I have its Wi-Fi network radio off -- but its access point is on. Thus it is functioning as an ordinary Wi-Fi AP with wired connection to the network.
Would the Busybox ifup and ifdown be used for this purpose? Or the OpenWRT wifitoggle? Ifup and ifdown don't seem to be able to recognize the Omega's wlan0.
@Mark-Larson Totally agree. This is an easily avoided pothole that should be in the docs. You can switch browsers, that's what I did.
Thanks for the great new update! I see improvements to UI and stuff working better.
@T-NT said:
the glue is a bit thin in places and so the boxes start opening up too much
The boxes have no glue. I think that Onion's intention was that the customer would unfold the box and see the Get Started information.
It's a good idea in concept, but could have used some real world usability testing. I don't think most people expect a small box like that to come apart. I know I didn't. I thought, why is this box poorly made?
Congratulations to Boken and the team for beautiful product and packaging! Now what the heck am I going to do with it!
I think your docs should make clear that the Omega upon setup will be functioning as both an Access Point and as a Wi-Fi client at the same time! This is unusual and should be pointed out.
Also the shutdown command in the GUI menu doesn't seem to work ... I tried poweroff in the GUI terminal and am not certain about the results. Don't we have to do a proper shutdown before turning the power switch off?
I think you should include the 192.168.3.1 option throughout your documentation on setup. It is only found one place in your docs I think.