Networking and servers • Re: Definitive Guide for Rpi 5 AP-STA mode?

Is AP-STA mode a feature of the 3rd-party RaspAP package?

The Disclaimer on the related webpage may be instructive. https://docs.raspap.com/ap-sta/

I haven't personally used AP-STA in quite awhile, and never on the RPi 5. Out of curiosity, I ran through a clean RaspAP install on RPi OS (64-bit) Lite Bookworm and the model 5. Via the RaspAP UI, I created a wireless client connection, enabled AP-STA mode and restarted the AP. I then connected a client device to the AP hosting the virtual uap0 interface and performed a basic speed test. No particularly grievous issues here.

Relevant hostapd logs:As expected, a typical cycle of STA (ie., client) disassociations was later observed:This is not uncommon with AP-STA, however the 802.11ac connection was still usable. It should be noted that this method requires the dhcpcd5 package to be installed on Bookworm.

tl;dr: RaspAP's AP-STA mode does indeed work with the RPi 5's onboard chipset, but a second adapter is still recommended.

Statistics: Posted by rpbillz — Sat Nov 30, 2024 9:39 am

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