Maemo PirateBox
This manual explains how to turn your N810 or N900 Maemo device into a PirateBox.
In case you don't know what is piratebox go to David Darts page or here. Also, there are script called mkPirateBox for hardware router devices. I also found David's implementation for n900, however it requires custom kernel. This solution is much simpler and works with maemo default kernels.
Install web server
Basicly what we need is a web server and wireless-tools.
apt-get install wireless-tools
apt-get install lighttpd
I also edited the server's config file
vi /etc/lighttpd.conf
and changed document root directory to /media/mmc1/www
server.document-root = "/media/mmc1/www/"
put your website data there and start http server if it's not started.
/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart
Start access point
So, dnsmasq is available in maemo out of the box. It is a dns and dhcp server. As a root, start the following script:
#!/bin/bash
set -x
IFACE=wlan0
ESSID=welcome_to_norayrs_mobile_server #set this yourself
MYTEMPHOSTNAME=maemo
ADDR=23.23.23.23
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ADDR_MIN=23.23.23.0
ADDR_MAX=23.23.23.255
INT=1
ifconfig $IFACE down
sleep $INT
iwconfig $IFACE mode ad-hoc
sleep $INT
ifconfig $IFACE up
sleep $INT
iwconfig $IFACE essid $ESSID
ifconfig $IFACE $ADDR netmask $NETMASK up
/usr/sbin/dnsmasq -i $IFACE -a $ADDR -I lo -z -d \
-x /var/run/dnsmasq.$IFACE.pid \
--dhcp-range=$ADDR_MIN,$ADDR_MAX,12h \
--address=/#/$ADDR \
--no-resolv
This is it, now anybody can connect to your access point and your personal PirateBox on your n900 or n810 running under maemo