Hey everyone, I hope you are well.

I recently purchased a TP-Link Archer C7 from a thrift store for 4 dollars and converted it into a pineapple router using a firmware build that someone made based on Open-WRT for testing and educational purposes, and it it has raised a few other thoughts and interests.

I have two questions.

  1. Is anyone aware of a software available through F-Droid or otherwise which can be used to turn a phone into a temporary access point serving FTP for file sharing purposes? I think it would be handy to be able to share files to several people in proximity and I would imagine turning a phone into a mobile FTP AP would be something that has been done. If anyone is aware of any such project, I would be highly interested.

  2. For running such a thing whether it be through a phone or a router, is anyone aware of a mobile power source which can fit in a backpack easily and power a 12 volt 1.5 amp router for ~10 hours?

I would love to be able to have the ability to basically have a backpack that acts as a mobile NAS that serves FTP/SFTP.

Thanks.

  • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    Wonderful suggestion, I have an older raspberry pi and a libre sweet potato and i know i could achieve this with those, but I was hoping there was a project out there that would let anyone with a phone do it! I think this would be an excellent way to get people interested in torrent and libre software, because if someone shows up to a location and all it takes is attaching to a wifi access point and then downloading files, it feels very simple and easy to become engaged with it.

    Thank you nonetheless though, I think this is wonderful suggestion!