© 2012-2014 Matthias Strubel licenced under GPL-3

• Matthias Strubel

Sources for Running PirateBox with Webserver lighttpd
Contains: Shoutbox, Forum

PirateBox is a collection of scripts / programs that allows you to use your wireless card as a local network to share files and chat anonymously. For more information please visit http://daviddarts.com/

Packages contains only scripts based PirateBox scripts with running lighttpd webserver.

PirateBox scripts can:

• Setup WLAN Interface via iw
• Setup hotspot functionality (hostapd)
• Setup IP Adresses of wlan interface
• Probing until USB-WLAN is available
• Can add wlan interface to an existing bridge
• Sets Up a DHCP Server with redirect to wlan-interface IP
• Upload landing page (via iframe droopy)
• Browse Uploaded files
• Announce "Internet yes" for iOS
• Announce "Internet yes" for MS devices
• ShoutBox
• Optional small python Forum
• Optional imageboard
• Optional Station counter
• Optional Inihibit starting upload-script
• Optional Timesave script (for devices without RTC) - can be found in piratebox/bin/timesave.sh
• Optional Poll for WLAN device until it available (for USB wifi cards)

More information can be found on: http://piratebox.aod-rpg.de
Installation-HowTo and current Download-Link: http://piratebox.aod-rpg.de/dokuwiki/doku.php/piratebox_lighttpd

Is supported by mkPirateBox > v0.5 for OpenWRT Systems and by PirateBox Manager.

PirateBox should be in most common repositories soon, but in the mean time you can use this method:

Download the development package.

Unzip the package:

unzip development.zip

Run the installer in the unzipped folder:

cd PirateBoxScripts_Webserver/piratebox
sudo ./install.sh default
#Default can be substituted with 'board' if you want an image board on your PirateBox