Features and plans

This is just where I jot down things I want the system to have. Not here in any special order, just ideas and thoughts on the system.

Hardware

This should all run on a Raspberry Pi Zero W.
- 1GHz 32bit CPU
- 512MB RAM
- 16GB "disk" (microSD card)
Powered by a USB battery bank (10-20k mah)

The list

TODO

HTTP Server
- PHP must be running
- Create script that creates a user for you for FTP
FTP Server
- pure-ftpd?
- Virtual users created via webscript, unique dirs only accessable by them.

FUTURE

MESH mode ?
- Perhaps a fork off this project?
- Offer to put device in MESH mode for 1st responder type scenarios
- Link for info on MESH: https://github.com/binnes/WiFiMeshRaspberryPi

DONE

WiFi AP mode
- Software: hostapd & dnsmasq
- Enable AP mode with WPA2-PSK for encrypted communication

PLANS

What do we need at first?
OS side
- Start machine, put WiFi into AP mode X
- Have a DHCPD to supply IPs to clients X
- Have a DNS to route everything to the local website?
- Offer FTP for large files?
  - MAX filesize on the MicroSD cards is 4GB (FAT32 limit)
  - Make another partition on the card with ext3/4 ?
Web side
- Offer up a simple PHP website to create a FTP user and password