Hass.io Access Point

Use your hass.io host as a WiFi access point - perfect for off-grid and security focused installations.

Main features

• Create a WiFi access point with built-in (Raspberry Pi) or external WiFi (USB) cards (using hostapd)
• Hidden or visible SSIDs
• DHCP server (Optional. Uses dnsmasq)
• MAC address filtering (allow/deny)
• Internet routing for clients (Optional)

Installation

Please add https://github.com/mattlongman/hassio-access-point to your hass.io addon repositories list. If you're not sure how, see instructions on the Home Assistant website.

Config

Options

• ssid (required): The name of your access point
• wpa_passphrase (required): The passkey for your access point
• channel (required): The WiFi channel to use
• address (required): The address of your hass.io WiFi card/network
• netmask (required): Subnet mask of the network
• broadcast (required): Broadcast address of the network
• interface (optional): Which wlan card to use. Default: wlan0
• virtual_interface (optional): If set (e.g. to wlan1) a new virtual interface will be used as access point, leaving the wlan0 interface working as station.
• isolation (optional): Enable or disable network isolation. 0 = disable, 1 = enable. Defaults to disabled. Note: If the DNS server is provided by a local router, it will not be accessible inside the AP network. In that case you should set the client_dns_override option to an external DNS, e.g. 8.8.8.8.
• hide_ssid (optional): Whether SSID is visible or hidden. 0 = visible, 1 = hidden. Defaults to visible
• dhcp (optional): Enable or disable DHCP server. 0 = disable, 1 = enable. Defaults to disabled
• dhcp_start_addr (optional): Start address for DHCP range. Required if DHCP enabled
• dhcp_end_addr (optional): End address for DHCP range. Required if DHCP enabled
• allow_mac_addresses (optional): List of MAC addresses to allow. Note: if using allow, blocks everything not in list
• deny_mac_addresses (optional): List of MAC addresses to block. Note: if using deny, allows everything not in list
• debug (optional): Set logging level. 0 = basic output, 1 = show addon detail, 2 = same as 1 plus run hostapd in debug mode
• hostapd_config_override (optional): List of hostapd config options to add to hostapd.conf (can be used to override existing options)
• client_internet_access (optional): Provide internet access for clients. 1 = enable
• client_dns_override (optional): Specify list of DNS servers for clients. Requires DHCP to be enabled. Note: Add-on will try to use DNS servers of the parent host by default.

Note: use either allow or deny lists for MAC filtering. If using allow, deny will be ignored.

Example configuration

    "ssid": "AP-NAME",
    "wpa_passphrase": "AP-PASSWORD",
    "channel": "6",
    "address": "192.168.10.1",
    "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
    "broadcast": "192.168.10.255",
    "interface": "wlan0",
    "hide_ssid": "1",
    "dhcp": "1",
    "dhcp_start_addr": "192.168.10.10",
    "dhcp_end_addr": "192.168.10.20",
    "allow_mac_addresses": [],
    "deny_mac_addresses": ['ab:cd:ef:fe:dc:ba'],
    "debug": "0",
    "hostapd_config_override": [],
    "client_internet_access": '1',
    "client_dns_override": ['1.1.1.1', '8.8.8.8']

Device & OS compatibility

New releases will always be tested on the latest Home Assistant OS using Raspberry Pi 3B+ and Pi 4, but existing versions won't be proactively tested when new Home Assistant OS/Supervisor versions are released. If a new HAOS/Supervisor version breaks something, please raise an issue.

This add-on should work with 32 & 64 bit HAOS, and has also been tested on Debian 10 with Home Assistant Supervised.