I'm running Ubuntu server 20.04LTS as a gateway, with 2 NICs already, one connected to the internal LAN and one connected to the DSL modem. My Netgear WAP on my LAN is slowly dying so I want to utilise the 802.11 wireless module on the motherboard and configure it as a wireless access point.
It looks like netplan has some built-in functionality based on NetworkManager, but I am running the ubuntu server and don't have NetworkManager, I've got systemd-networkd
I tried installing NetworkManager and it started messing with resolvconf and stopping the server from doing its gateway stuff for the lan.
Code:
wifis:
all-wlans:
# useful on a system where you know there is
# only ever going to be one device
match: {}
access-points:
"Joe's home":
# mode defaults to "infrastructure" (client)
password: "s3kr1t"
# this creates an AP on wlp1s0 using hostapd
# no match rules, thus the ID is the interface name
wlp1s0:
access-points:
"guest":
mode: ap
# no WPA config implies default of open
What approach should I take? Is it possible to create a mutant systemd-networkd and NetworkManager solution, or should I forget about netplan and try to set it up independently with hostapd?
