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by BossingAround 2132 days ago
I wonder what's the use case other than a poor wifi extender, or niche cases of sharing one connection between multiple devices where you pay per connection.

Though I do wonder whether you can add a proper wifi antenna and make the RPI an 'ok' wifi extender. That might be a viable option, provided the performance is ok.

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Initial configuration/management for the device in question.
Or provide a gateway for wireless devices that don’t support WPA2 Enterprise? Interesting....
Would be good for a robot you can ssh in to at home and still connect when out in the field.
VPN access point