Turning the Raspberry Pi into a Wireless Access Point

Hi! Following my latest posts on how to get started with the Raspberry Pi "headless mode" and Using Bluetooth with the Raspberry Pi now I'll show how to turn the Raspberry Pi into a Wireless Access Point. Most of this post follows what is described here but I added a few more steps. Moreover, I ran into some troubles and had to do some troubleshooting. I used a D-Link DWA-140 Rangebooster N Adapter which contains a Ralink RT2870 chipset.

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 The process looks a little long but it can be done in under 10 minutes :) . Every time you need to edit or create some file (for example /etc/udhcpd.conf) among this process you can use "sudo nano /etc/udhcpd.conf".

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Headless start with the Raspberry Pi

Hi! Some time ago I made two posts about the the Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi has Arrived and First Impressions on the Raspberry Pi) and unfortunately since then it has been closed inside its box. I really wanted to do something with it but other projects always got in the way. Finally I'm doing a project where I'll use the Raspberry Pi and I hope to make some posts about Raspberry Pi stuff while I work on it. To begin I'll show you how to start playing with your Raspberry Pi without having to connect it to an external HDMI monitor or screen with RCA connector and using Ubuntu on your computer.

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The first thing to do is get yourself a 4GB (or greater) class 4 SD card. Branded cards are usually better and more trustful. If you have one, then its time to prepare the card to be used in the Raspberry Pi.

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