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My Pi is connected to the internet with the ethernet cable.

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Don't forget to update your firmware to the latest version (sudo rpi-update). Hardware / OS:I used the Raspberry Pi model B with a fully updated Raspbian operating system - Raspbian Wheezy Sept 2014.

The access point will start automatically after boot.

Clients connecting will get an IP-address from an external DHCP server (or have a static IP-address).

The Raspberry Pi will have a static IP-address.

To create a WiFi access point with a Realtek 8192cu-based WiFi USB dongle on a Raspberry Pi.

This tutorial assumes you have basic/semi-advanced knowledge of linux (commands). I hope this tutorial will make it easier for those people that want to use their Realtek 8192cu based WiFi dongle to create a WiFi access point (with a Raspberry Pi). Moreover, there are some tweaks that can not be found (at least I didn't find them ).

#8192cu driver as ap and station how to#

How to do that can be (partially) found with some clever searching but it is not straightforward and kind of scattered over multiple how-to's / tutorials. WiFi USB dongles with the widespread Realtek 8192cu chip however, are not supported by the standard hostapd software: They need a special driver (kernel module) and a special hostapd: both can be compiled on your Raspberry Pi. This driver supports most new USB WiFi-dongles and creating an access point is pretty easy in those cases. It is not that difficult, as long the chip in the USB dongle is supported by the hostapd-software in the repositorty (of Raspbian): that means: The nl80211-driver can be used to instruct the chip in AP-mode. IntroductionThere are lot of tutorials on creating a WiFi access point with your Raspberry Pi (or other *nix based box) using a USB WiFi dongle, like this one.