Template:FAQ/Questions/gumstix become a wifi

Can the gumstix become a wifi access point or it is just a device on a wifi network?
This will depend on what method you use for wifi access. Any device which supports (and is using) the hostap drivers should work. Note that the wifistix does not support the hostap drivers.

In order to configure the device as an access point change the following in /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts from:

case "$ADDRESS" in  *,*,*,*)      INFO="Any ESSID"      ESSID="any"      ;;   esac

to:

case "$ADDRESS" in  *,*,*,*)      INFO="Any ESSID"      ESSID="gumstix"      MODE="master"      ;;   esac

Wifistix
The wifistix does not support running as an Access Point (AP) at this time.

Other options
The gumstix software provides the necessary software support to become an AP (wireless Access Point) when using the connex motherboard with a WiFi card, like the netgear ma701, in either a cfstix or netCF expansion board. Wifi cards like this netgear card support AP mode (through the hostap driver) unlike the wifistix expansion board which does not support the hostap driver.