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| sota-packet-node [2023/08/25 20:49] – [Second step: install the node software] 2m0iig | sota-packet-node [2023/08/25 20:51] – [Third step: connectivity] 2m0iig |
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| So surely all I needed to do was make the Pi announce as a wireless AP and connect to it, and then I can ssh in from my phone! Brilliant! Then I can connect to the node. Even if automatic operation was okay it'd be nice to monitor the node connections live anyway. | So surely all I needed to do was make the Pi announce as a wireless AP and connect to it, and then I can ssh in from my phone! Brilliant! Then I can connect to the node. Even if automatic operation was okay it'd be nice to monitor the node connections live anyway. |
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| I still want to connect it to the home wireless for updating and maintenance, however, and I didn't want to have to switch manually in case I mucked it up and couldn't get back into the Pi without a display and keyboard handy. I found an app to do this called ComItUp http://davesteele.github.io/comitup/ - and it worked a treat. The only issue is that the Pi couldn't see the internet. With no backup clock available that means all the times would be out in the logs. And then someone told me I was being silly: simply connect the Pi to the phone's hotspot and you have an internet route. Find the IP the phone gave the Pi and then you can shell in. This is much simpler to set up too. | I still want to connect it to the home wireless for updating and maintenance, however, and I didn't want to have to switch manually in case I mucked it up and couldn't get back into the Pi without a display and keyboard handy. I found an app to do this called [[https://davesteele.github.io/comitup/|ComItUp]] - and it worked a treat. The only issue is that the Pi couldn't see the internet. With no backup clock available that means all the times would be out in the logs. And then someone told me I was being silly: simply connect the Pi to the phone's hotspot and you have an internet route. Find the IP the phone gave the Pi and then you can shell in. This is much simpler to set up too. |
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| Grab your phone's personal hotspot SSID and password. Then SSH into your node and add the details for your device at the end of the /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf file. WPK-PSK is probably correct for key_mgmt but you may need to check: | Grab your phone's personal hotspot SSID and password. Then SSH into your node and add the details for your device at the end of the /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf file. WPK-PSK is probably correct for key_mgmt but you may need to check: |
