Turning my gaming rig into a wifi router

1-creating-a-ap.md

• https://seravo.fi/2014/create-wireless-access-point-hostapd
• https://nims11.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/hostapd-the-linux-way-to-create-virtual-wifi-access-point/
• http://askubuntu.com/questions/357400/how-to-set-my-broadcom-bcm4313-wireless-card-into-ap-mode
• https://github.com/oblique/create_ap

dnsmasq.conf

interface=lo,wlx00904c0e8123
no-dhcp-interface=lo
dhcp-range=192.168.8.20,192.168.8.254,255.255.255.0,12h

hostapd.conf

# To find interface run: `ip link | grep -E '^w'`
interface=wlx00904c0e8123
#interface=wlan0
ssid=chocolate-bars-for-everyone
driver=nl80211
ieee80211n=1
wmm_enabled=1
ht_capab=[HT40][GF][SHORT-GI-40][SHORT-GI-20]
hw_mode=g
wpa=2
wpa_passphrase=passwordlol
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK WPA-EAP WPA-PSK-SHA256 WPA-EAP-SHA256

install.sh

sudo apt-get install hostapd dnsmasq -y
zcat /usr/share/doc/hostapd/examples/hostapd.conf.gz | sudo tee -a /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
sudo vim /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
sudo vim /etc/network/interfaces
sudo vim /etc/dnsmasq.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.ip_forward=1' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo vim /etc/rc.local

network-interfaces

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto wlx00904c0e8123
iface wlx00904c0e8123 inet static
hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
address 192.168.8.1
netmask 255.255.255.0

rc.local

#sudo ip link set dev wlx00904c0e8123 up
sudo ifconfig wlx00904c0e8123 up
sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.8.0/24 ! -d 192.168.8.0/24  -j MASQUERADE