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Raspberry pi 3 - wifiOverBluetoothSetup
1. Setup Bluetooth on Raspberry Pi 3:
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/02/headless-raspberry-pi-configuration-over-bluetooth/
2. Add these lines to startupScript in 1 to start bluetooth as discoverable:
#make bluetooth discoverable
sudo hciconfig hci0 piscan
3a. Install Python script which will receive wifi creds over bluetooth and write them to the necessary files:
https://github.com/brendan-myers/rpi3-wifi-conf
3b. Will likely be required to install python wifi module:
$sudo pip install python wifi
4. Pair phone with pi over bluetooth
5. Run wifiOverBluetooth script on pi:
$sudo ./run.py
6. Push wifi creds from Android App:
https://github.com/brendan-myers/rpi3-wifi-conf-android
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