On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 6:34 PM Denis Kenzior <denkenz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Keith,
>
> On 5/25/21 12:21 PM, KeithG wrote:
> > I have been trying to get ap mode to NAT and am unsuccessful. Is this possible?
> >
> > I can get AP mode to work with this in /etc/iwd/main.conf
> >
> > and I can get an IP address associated and I can connect to the
> > computer running iwd in ap mode. What I cannot do is NAT the wifi
> > connected device to the eth0 which has a valid connection.
> >
> > [General]
> > UseDefaultInterface=true
> > EnableNetworkConfiguration=true
> > APRanges=192.168.5.0/24
> >
> > After I get my AP running and connect, I tried to run these commands
> > to enable NAT:
> >
> > # sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
> > # iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
> > # iptables -A FORWARD -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
> > # iptables -A FORWARD -i wlan0 -o eth0 -j ACCEPT
> >
> > When I try this, I get no 'internet' traffic from eth0.
> >
> > Is this due to dns? Do I need to use iptables to NAT this?
> >
> > When I run connman in tether mode it works. I can connect and I get
> > internet traffic over wlan connected devices. When I have iwd running
> > in AP mode, though, I cannot figure out how to share the eth0
> > connection to the wifi connected device(s).
> >
> > Is there a guide on how to use the ap.iwd provisioning file? I am not
> > clear on how to use it. I created a file: /etc/iwd/ap.iwd and it does
> > not seem to use it. Where do you set the hostname?
> >
>
> There isn't, so I came up with a very simple tutorial.  Feel free to improve it,
> add on to it, etc.
>
> https://iwd.wiki.kernel.org/ap_mode
>
> Regards,
> -Denis

Denis,

Thanks, google did not help me find that page. It works for me. The
only thing I would ask is: why do we have to set the 'APRanges=' in
/etc/iwd/main.conf? Can this be set in ssid.ap? This is the only
setting that I have found that needs to be set in main.conf for ap
mode to work.

Keith