Instructions | Raspberry Tor Router

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Step 1

Download the latest version of Raspbian. This tutorial also works with Raspbian Lite. You can find this at www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
You could probably also use NOOBS and then install Raspbian from there, but that would be an extra step.
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Step 2

Do not insert your WiFi dongle into the Raspberry Pi yet. If you already connected it, cut the Pi off and take it back out. The required software wont install correctly with it already inserted.
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Step 3
Burn Raspbian to your SD card (this tutorial assumes you are familiar enough with a Raspberry Pi to do this. Follow the instructions at https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/README.md if you need help), boot the OS and run 'sudo raspi-config' from the command line or terminal.
The default log-in info is username: pi and password: raspbian
- First, hit Enter on 'Expand Filesystem'. This will allow Raspbian to use the entirety of your SD card. At the moment it is only using about 1.5gb, which is the size of the OS image you burned to the SD card.
- Change the password to something more secure, or dont. It is your choice, but a recommended change.
- Under 'Boot Options', change this to boot to 'Console' or 'Console Autologin'
- Under 'Internationalisation Options', change your Locale, Timezone and keyboard layout to whatever is appropriate for where you live. Use the Space Bar to select or de-select different options and Enter to accept changes.
- Under 'Advanced Options' you can change your Hostname to something else if you wish, or leave it alone.
- Also under 'Advanced Options' you can go to 'Memory Split' and set the GPU memory to the lowest setting of 16. Since we wont be doing anything that involves graphics, 16mb is more than enough memory for our GPU. If you are using the full version of Raspbian (not the lite version) this may also cause issues for the desktop if you boot there rather than the command line.
- Reboot for everything to take effect.
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Step 4

From a terminal or command line, run 'sudo apt-get update' and then 'sudo apt-get upgrade' to update all the software to the latest version. We need to do this before installing the Hot Spot software since it needs to be a specific version, and an update would break its ability to work correctly.
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Step 5

Now we can set up the WiFi access point.
Again, make sure your WiFi device is NOT plugged into your Pi.
Type the following in a console to download the Pifi script:
'wget https://cdn.hackaday.io/files/4223180676832/pifi.sh'
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Step 6

We need to make pifi.sh executable so we can run it. Do so by typing the following:
'chmod +x pifi.sh'
Now type the following to run the script and setup your new WiFi Access Point:
'sudo ./pifi.sh'
Follow all the instructions on the screen. The script will reboot your Pi when it is finished
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Step 7

Log back in and safely shut down your Pi. Insert your WiFi dongle and power everything back on. You should now see an extra WiFi source in your home!
At the moment, it is just a normal WiFi source, just like your wireless router.
The SSID is whatever you named it in the previous step, and the password will be whatever you specified. If you want to SSH into your Pi, you can do so over the Ethernet IP address that your primary router assigned, or over the new WiFi connection if you connect through it. That address would be 192.168.42.1 over WiFi.
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Step 8

To add the Tor routing capability, download the Tor script with this command:
'wget https://cdn.hackaday.io/files/4223180676832/tor.sh'
Just like before, we need to make it executable:
'chmod +x tor.sh'
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Step 9

Run the script by typing:
'sudo ./tor.sh'
Follow any prompts and wait for your Pi to reboot.
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Step 10

Thats it! When you connect to this WiFi source, all your web traffic should be routed through the Tor.
You can verify this by going to https://check.torproject.org/

Discussions

Karmanya wrote 04/24/2019 at 20:22

@everyone who is having issues in making access point, refer to this and follow given instructions for making an access point:

https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/88214/setting-up-a-raspberry-pi-as-an-access-point-the-easy-way

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luipez wrote 02/07/2018 at 21:04

Sto eseguendo la tua guida e tutto ok fino al punto 5.

Al punto 6 dato il comando "sudo ./pifi.sh" la procedura si blocca dopo "Starting ISC DHCP server..." col seguente errore:

Cleaning up...
Starting hostapd service...
Starting ISC DHCP server...
Job for isc-dhcp-server.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status isc-dhcp-server.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
Checking hostapd status...
● hostapd.service - LSB: Advanced IEEE 802.11 management daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/hostapd; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (exited) since Wed 2018-02-07 21:24:26 CET; 21min ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 422 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/hostapd start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   CGroup: /system.slice/hostapd.service

feb 07 21:24:20 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Advanced IEEE 802.11 management daemo
feb 07 21:24:26 raspberrypi hostapd[422]: Starting advanced IEEE 802.11 management: hostapd
feb 07 21:24:26 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started LSB: Advanced IEEE 802.11 management daemon
lines 1-10/10 (END)

e il cursore si blocca dopo (END).
Come mai?

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I'm running your guide and everything is OK until point 5.

At point 6 given the command "sudo ./pifi.sh" the procedure is blocked after "Starting ISC DHCP server ..." with the following error:

Cleaning up ...
Starting hostapd service ...
Starting ISC DHCP server ...
Job for isc-dhcp-server.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status isc-dhcp-server.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
Checking hostapd status ...
● hostapd.service - LSB: Advanced IEEE 802.11 management daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/hostapd; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (exited) since Wed 2018-02-07 21:24:26 CET; 21min ago
     Docs: man: systemd-sysv-generator (8)
  Process: 422 ExecStart = /etc/init.d/hostapd start (code = exited, status = 0 / SUCCESS)
   CGroup: /system.slice/hostapd.service

Feb 07 21:24:20 raspberrypi systemd [1]: Starting LSB: Advanced IEEE 802.11 management daemo
Feb 07 21:24:26 raspberrypi hostapd [422]: Starting advanced IEEE 802.11 management: hostapd
Feb 07 21:24:26 raspberrypi systemd [1]: Started LSB: Advanced IEEE 802.11 management daemon
lines 1-10 / 10 (END)

and the cursor stops after (END).
Why?

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edwardseton22 wrote 01/08/2018 at 16:00

i managed to get to the point of setting up the WiFi hot spot but i cant do the next step as the WiFi/Ethernet is disabled and i am having trouble enabling it, please help

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Alvan wrote 01/29/2017 at 21:58

Thanks for the tutorial! I followed the instructions and I am able to see the wifi with other devices, but I cannot connect to it. Double checked the wifi password, everything seems to be correct. Any ideas what could have gone wrong?

Thanks!!

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meir_zisu wrote 01/27/2017 at 22:49

I followed the instructions on RPI 2, but I am not able to see the new wifi, any idea why?

If my router is on 10.0.0.X range, Should I modify the script to setup 10.0.0.X address and not 192.168.X.X

Thanks,

mzisu

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Jakub Simek wrote 12/30/2016 at 02:33

Hi,
thx for your tutorial, but I'm still running into one problem. Every time i try to install ISC DHCP, in the end of instalation it says:

'job for isc-dhcp-server.service failed.... '
'invoke-rc.d: initscript isc-dhcp-server, action "start" failed'

Can any1 pls tell me what to do? I tryed several tutorials, but every time this happend.

I use RPi2 B and TP-LINK - wn722n

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ismaele wrote 11/24/2016 at 21:38

Hi Thomas,

I use a raspberry Pi 3, and i tried to install this software, but when i 've installed pifi, my wifi stopped working.

i tried to stop pifi, to reset wifi settings, and to update my file, but it still not working.

so how can i do to resolve this problem?

i hope you'll answer me

Ismaele

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Dim wrote 08/18/2016 at 21:16

So are the connections issues solved ? Thx

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Bucky wrote 07/17/2016 at 11:19

will a wipi work

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barismert wrote 06/05/2016 at 15:52

Hello.

The scripts are ok with the raspberry pi 2 with TP Link WN725N wireless stick. There have been some errors with the first script but after rebooting the PI, ı can easily connect to AP very well.

After the second script I have checked my ip using ipleak.net and it has been seen TOR exit node. So it is ok,too.

Is there a vpn kill switch configuration in the script that enables the network more secure?

Thank you very much.

Kind regards.

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Henrik J wrote 04/22/2016 at 19:47

will this work with a raspberry pi 3? Is its onboard wifi an issue?

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Alex wrote 05/16/2016 at 19:42

Henrik, I ran into some issues getting this set up myself (also on a Pi 3) and yes, you'll have to tweak certain things (for instance, the driver is different than the one that the linked hostapd script expects). I followed this guide to get it set up as an access point:

https://frillip.com/using-your-raspberry-pi-3-as-a-wifi-access-point-with-hostapd/

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Dim wrote 08/18/2016 at 20:51

Hi all

Did this worked ? Should I removed the dongle and go 4 that ?

Got a PI3 too ....

Thx

Dim

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rhadax wrote 03/15/2016 at 22:45

Hi, after launch pifi.sh and reboot, i found my wifi but after connect i have restricted access and no internet.

And i found this error in my raspy :

not running dhcpcd because :etc/network/interface

defines some interface that will use a DHCP client ... failed

Startpar: services returned failure: isc-dhcp-server ;.. failed

If you have some ideas ... i've tested all tuto with pifi.sh and no one works. PLease help me ;)

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bazzinga wrote 03/03/2016 at 15:46

hi , i have the same problem, i have a Edimax wifi dongle, but i think the problem is somewere else because when i check the status of the hostapd, it's not recognised , and in /etc/init.d/ it does not return any instructions after a status or start query.

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greenones wrote 03/03/2016 at 00:09

Hi!

So I get to this part:

Follow all the instructions on the screen. The script will reboot your Pi when it is finished

After the reboot I lose all network connections :P Any suggestions?

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Thomas wrote 03/03/2016 at 08:14

Hey! Look at the suggestion I gave someone else in the comments
section. It is probably the same issue. What brand of wifi dongle are
you using?

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