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I am not interested in sharing internet connection, I just want to make an AP that multiple devices can connect to and communicate with each other.
I have a USB wifi adapter. How can I configure it to act as an AP.
No need for internet connection just a LAN.
You can use create_ap.
AP without Internet sharing:
create_ap -n wlan0 MyAccessPoint MyPassPhrase
Installation:
You should install the dependencies :
bash (to run this script) util-linux (for getopt) procps or procps-ng hostapd iproute2 iw iwconfig (you only need this if 'iw' can not recognize your adapter) haveged (optional) dnsmasq iptables
Then:
git clone https://github.com/oblique/create_ap
cd create_ap
make install
create_ap is packaged for gentoo and archlinux.
