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Frequently Asked Questions
Below are some of the more common questions from users. If you have any further questions, please submit an issue where applicable, or check the front page for the link to the latest Reddit post.
- User: raspi
- Password: pinchie
Not out-of-the-box. The software is set up to use the Raspberry Pi 3's on-board wireless chip, while the Pi 2 has no on-board wifi. If you can find a USB wifi adapter that will let you create an AP and change the MAC address, you may be able to use the image to get you most of the way, and you'll just have to set up your wifi adapter to work on wlan0. Results will vary from adapter to adapter, but others have succeeded using this software, a Pi2, and the right wireless adapter.
Hopefully, bloody secure.
The iptables configuration is set to allow only traffic necessary for your 3DS to jump onto the network, get an address, and talk specifically to the Nintendo StreetPass Relay servers. I do invite you to jump onto the network with another device and do some penetration testing - I'm always anxious to try and close any loopholes I may have left open. So far in my testing I haven't found any major security issues.
While I've been through a couple of "2Gb" cards trying to find the smallest. After a few attempts and suggestions I'm currently using a Kingston 2Gb with a total size of 1,954,545,664 bytes.
What I've learned is that cards of the same labelled size are not actually the same, and can vary from brand to brand. I aim to keep the image as small as possible, but if you find a "2Gb" card that's smaller than the image requires, you may have to use a 4Gb. Alternatively, I'm very willing to trade our 2Gb cards - my larger one for your smaller one - in order to make a more compatible image.
Well there's nothing stopping you installing manually. There is a deprecated guide here, but be sure to download the most recent firewall configuration from the GitHub repo, or you won't get any StreetPass hits.
Absolutely. As long as you can change the MAC address and set the SSID to the correct name you can do this yourself. See the Homepass Site for the info you'll need.
Yes and no.
While RaspiPass is at its heart just a glorified BASH script, the way it uses the network interfaces may cause some issues with other software. It 'bridges' the wired and wireless interfaces into a single interface - br0. When the wireless interface is brought down to turn off a hotspot there can be a few seconds of transmission delay while the OS sorts itself out. By all means try it, but I can't guarantee flawless performance of other software.
The strict firewall setting can also be a hindrance, but if you're willing to sacrifice the security of the open network for co-functionality with other Pi software then that's up to you - I just try to make it as secure as possible at the time of distribution. Any decisions you make from there are up to you. :)