Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago

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This week on IoT Happy Hour we are going to show how to convert a Raspberry Pi into a WiFi repeater or a WiFi Access Point in a simple way.

Hang out on the Happy Hour and learn how to build a WiFi repeaterin 1 click from balenaHub. We are going to show the differences between WiFi repeaters and WiFi access points and more.

Read more here balena.io/blog/turn-a-raspberry-pi-into-a-wi-fi-access-point-or-repeater


00:00 Welcome & Introductions
06:08 EtcherPro got the CE certification
07:10 balena is hiring
10:05 What's on your desk?
10:42 @TheThingsIndustries + Basics Station @influx-data @Grafana finally working together on a Pi with balena
13:50 What's on your desk (part ii)?
19:06 Extending WiFi with Raspberry Pi
25:38 balena WiFi repeater and Access Point
35:00 Deploy balena WiFi repeater on a Raspberry Pi
36:31 Configuring Access Point SSID and password when Deploy with balena
41:36 Access Point from WiFi to Ethernet
43:48 LED patterns of the balena WiFi repeater
47:30 WiFi repeater affect the speed of the network?
49:05 DHCP on the WiFi repeater?
49:30 Testing balena WiFi repeater
52:01 Collaborate on the balena WiFi repeater project
54:30 Could this project be converted into a block?
56:22 Testing balena WiFi repeater (part ii)
57:24 Wrap-up
58:58 balena is hiring
1:00:44 Next episode