Help with Klipper using raspberry pi hotspot
Hello! I'm not using ratOS but I have a question about the ability to use Klipper off of a raspberry pis hotspot. I know during the initial setup if a ratrig you connect to the printer through a hotspot and configure it. I am wondering if I can do something similar in regular Klipper because my college has restrictions on WiFi usage for devices that aren't school computers.
I figured out how to get Klipper running perfectly fine and how to get the hotspot running. The issue lies with actually connecting because I get an error message that states "unauthorized" when using the .local IP and the numeric one. I tried messing around in the file Moonraker tells you to add connecting IPs into and it didn't help. The only time it works is if it's connected to a mobile hotspot or my home WiFi. Does anyone know a workaround? Thanks!
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Hopefully someone has some ideas, I'm following the thread because that is a very interesting question.
you can try copying the hotspot code from ratos
copy the files from these folders to the same named folders in your root directory of the pi: https://github.com/Rat-OS/RatOS/tree/v2.1.x/src/modules/hotspot/filesystem/root
edit lines 27-29 to add the hotspot name, password, and channel 6 - then run the install script https://github.com/Rat-OS/RatOS/blob/v2.1.x/src/modules/hotspot/start_chroot_script
so for example, you would copy https://github.com/Rat-OS/RatOS/blob/v2.1.x/src/modules/hotspot/filesystem/root/etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/prefix_delegation to
/etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/prefix_delegationIt isn't using ratOS it's using standard Klipper
How does ratOS create it's hotspot because I can follow the same method and see if it'll work
I manually installed Klipper onto the pi so I have the standard desktop pi/Linux operating system loaded
This is standard Linux setup, Rat-OS just packages things together. You should be able to reuse this, which is why I suggested it
Oh I read your message before wrong 😠I'll see if it'll work when I go back on monday
Thank you for the help
I'm going to try it on a spare cb1 at home rn and see if itll work
no, the CB1 is different. Use a raspberry pi
If you must use a CB1 then you will have to follow https://github.com/Rat-OS/RatOS/tree/v2.1.x/src/modules/hotspot_cb1 instead
I didnt have a pi on hand but I just ordered one to test this out on
ok so i figured out a good workaround
i am using fluidd as the web interface and whenever i am using the Pis hotspot since it is considered unsecure mainsail just wont let me connect
however fluidd allows you to create a user for the interface and sign in whenever the connection is "unsecure"
so i think the issue lies with a mainsail config not the hotspot itself