Edison as Access Point AP or client

Flashing as an AP or client

To flash the Edison as an AP so that you don't need a router to work with it, ensure that your site profile specifies AP. This setting is in the Buendia repo, in the file Packages/buendia-site-my-site/data/usr/share/buendia/site/40-site. Change the line NETWORKING_AP=0 to NETWORKING_AP=1.

Conversely, if you want the Edison to function as a client so that you can take advantage of the greater range of a dedicated router, set NETWORKING_AP=0.

Toggling an Edison between AP and client mode

The configuration for this lives in the folder /debian/usr/share/buendia/site/. This folder contains a number of configuration files with numerically-prefixed filenames, the last (highest-numbered) of which prevails. To modify this, you need to Screen into the Edison (see instructions in step 6 of Setting up an Edison.

Getting an Edison onto your local network:

Add a file called 99-site, containing the text:

NETWORKING_AP=0
NETWORKING_DHCP_DNS_SERVER=0
NETWORKING_SSID=yourwifinetwork
NETWORKING_PASSWORD=yourwifipassword  

Reboot the Edison and it'll wake up connected to the network. To return to its normal operation, simply delete the file you created /debian/usr/share/buendia/site/99-site.