This feature is currently experimental
For some use cases, you may want to create a local WiFi network just for your Pioreactors (this is called a local access point). Why might you want to do this?
If you want to get started right away, without dealing with WiFi credentials. If your usual WiFi network is restrictive (doesn't allow Raspberry Pis, or requires IT support to host them). If you want to take the Pioreactor, or cluster of Pioreactors, out into the field where there is no network. The Pioreactor comes with the ability to create its own local access point, which other Pioreactors can connect to. This new network is not connected to any other broader network (including the internet). See image below:
The leader Pioreactor has the necessary software to create the local access point. To start the access point:
If starting with a new Pioreactor, during software set up:Leave the "Configure wireless LAN" unchecked. Continue with the instructions at Setting up your Raspberry Pi . After the SD card has been written to, remove the SD card from your computer, and immediately insert it back in. A boot
(or bootfs
) device should be present now that is your SD card. If asked to reformat the SD card, select NO. Select your country: -- Select -- Afghanistan Aland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua And Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia And Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Congo, Democratic Republic Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote D'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island & Mcdonald Islands Holy See (Vatican City State) Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran}, Islamic Republic Of Iraq Ireland Isle Of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia}, Federated States Of Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Territory}, Occupied Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Barthelemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts And Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre And Miquelon Saint Vincent And Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome And Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia And Sandwich Isl. Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard And Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad And Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks And Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands}, British Virgin Islands}, U.S. Wallis And Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe and download the specific local_acccess_point
file: Download
Drag/move the downloaded local_access_point
file to the SD card directory. Eject the SD card safely, and continue with instructions at Setting up your Raspberry Pi . If starting from an existing Pioreactor leader:with the power off remove the SD card from the leader and insert it into a computer. Select your country: -- Select -- Afghanistan Aland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua And Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia And Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Congo, Democratic Republic Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote D'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island & Mcdonald Islands Holy See (Vatican City State) Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran}, Islamic Republic Of Iraq Ireland Isle Of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia}, Federated States Of Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Territory}, Occupied Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Barthelemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts And Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre And Miquelon Saint Vincent And Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome And Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia And Sandwich Isl. Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard And Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad And Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks And Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands}, British Virgin Islands}, U.S. Wallis And Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe and download the specific local_acccess_point
file: Download
Drag/move the downloaded local_access_point
file to your SD card (called boot
or bootfs
). Eject the SD card safely, and put back into the Pioreactor. After plugging in the Pioreactor, the local access point will start and you should see a new network called pioreactor
, with password raspberry
. You should be able to connect to this new access point with any computer, phone, tablet, etc.
Once connected, the usual urls should work: http://pioreactor.local will bring up the Pioreactor interface (having trouble? Try http://<your_leaders_hostname>.local
. Still not working? Try http://10.3.141.1
)
Worker Pioreactors will need to be reconfigured to connect to this new access point:
During worker set up in the Raspberry Pi Imager, using the credentials ssid: pioreactor
and password raspberry
in the wireless LAN section. Or, by editing the /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
with the correct credentials. Since this network is not connected to the internet, you won't be able to upgrade any software on the Pioreactors.
After SSH-ing into your Pioreactor, simply delete the local_access_point
file in the /boot/
directory.
In the config.ini
, the SSID and password are editable under the section local_access_point
. This requires a power-cycle to take effect.
The software we use, RaspAP, exposes it's own website to view statistics and configuration for the local access point. You can view this website at http://raspap.pioreactor.local . Username: admin
, password: secret