Hello, my rpi5 desktop 64-bit has no router and receives Internet from the phone hotspot.
I've connected a Wi-Fi AP (UAP-AC-LIte) via Ethernet to the rpi5 RJ45 port.
The Wi-Fi AP will be used for WLAN devices around the home for home automation.
There will be no cloud access to the WLAN devices.
I thought I might need to create a DHCP server on the rpi, so I've read through several dnsmasq manuals/guides.
I've realised the setup seems to only need a static IP set on the rpi and the AP. However I'm unsure if this static IP idea will work as there's no router and whether the phone hotspot will connect to the rpi with a static ip (perhaps the phone would also need a static ip)?
Currently the AP is looking for an IP, so due to no router or rpi dhcp server lease, the AP has defaulted to 192.168.1.20, which I cannot access.
Here's the terminal output if it helps?
I've connected a Wi-Fi AP (UAP-AC-LIte) via Ethernet to the rpi5 RJ45 port.
The Wi-Fi AP will be used for WLAN devices around the home for home automation.
There will be no cloud access to the WLAN devices.
I thought I might need to create a DHCP server on the rpi, so I've read through several dnsmasq manuals/guides.
I've realised the setup seems to only need a static IP set on the rpi and the AP. However I'm unsure if this static IP idea will work as there's no router and whether the phone hotspot will connect to the rpi with a static ip (perhaps the phone would also need a static ip)?
Currently the AP is looking for an IP, so due to no router or rpi dhcp server lease, the AP has defaulted to 192.168.1.20, which I cannot access.
Here's the terminal output if it helps?
Code:
raspberrypi5@raspberrypi:~ $ ip -c a1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 2c:cf:67:13:a3:da brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 2c:cf:67:13:a3:db brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 172.20.10.9/28 brd 172.20.10.15 scope global dynamic noprefixroute wlan0 valid_lft 83622sec preferred_lft 83622sec inet6 fe80::2845:ad69:3e36:5fa2/64 scope link noprefixroute valid_lft forever preferred_lft foreverraspberrypi5@raspberrypi:~ $ dnsmasq --testdnsmasq: syntax check OKStatistics: Posted by eiger3970 — Wed Jun 05, 2024 2:52 am