Ad Hoc Mode

Targets Raspberry Pi
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I have my PI setup to be able to reboot in ad hoc network mode (so I can connect to it directly from my Mac/iPhone) or as a client on a normal home Wifi.
It works great!

I want to do the same for a customer’s project but changes in the Raspberry Pi OS is breaking the solution I have. I’ve been searching for how to do this online, but I’m coming up with a lot of conflicting reports with comments saying “this doesn’t work for me”.

Does anyone know the right way to do this?

For the solution I have there will be cases where there will be no other network in existence to connect with, so setting the PI up as a stand-alone access point will be the only way to go.

Thanks in advance.

2

Could you describe what you consider “ad hoc mode”? Do you mean with a self-assigned address in the 169.254.x.x range?

3

Yeah,
The PI shows up as an access point over WiFi.
Anyone connecting to it can connect with all other clients.
There is no external network connected.
Like on a lot of devices where you connect to them to configure and then reboot so it finds your network.

It was very easy on my older raspian.