Using orange pi zero as hotspot bridge

[thanh_tan]

Hello,

 

I tried to install as instruction in this link https://github.com/stdevPavelmc/armbian-hostpot-bridge

 

to convert my  orange pi zero to a hotspot bridge, connected to LAN and wifi to my home under Pi-Hole application to block ads

 

Howeverm after i call up the bridge

ifup br0

 the network is not running, i cannot connect to the PI again.

 

Pi-Hole installed on the LAN interface.

 

The content of the interfaces file 

 

# loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# wireless wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual

# eth0 connected to the ISP router
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet manual

# Setup bridge
allow-hotplug br0
iface br0 inet dhcp
bridge_ports wlan0 eth0

 

Please help me

[Werner]

It is always handy to have USB-TTL adapter laying around to access SBCs serial console for debugging indipended from network access.

Also the manual seem to work for Debian Stretch and has not been updated since then. You are probably using Buster or Bionic since Stretch is EOS.

 

Besides the fact that it does not work properly on software side I'd also consider using a SBC with known-to-be-stable wireless onboard or use an USB wireless adapter. OPi Zero wireless is quite crappy and unstable. There are some new drivers in recent images but no idea if these fix those issues.