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hostapd is an open source program for creating software access points with multiple authentication backends. It needs a wireless network device/adapter that is supported. It supports most of the features of a hardware access point.

hostapd is an open source program for creating software access points with multiple authentication backends. It needs a wireless network device/adapter that is supported. It supports most of the features of a hardware access point.

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Interface combinations implementation without firmware update wireless linux networking

I am working with the Qualcomm WiGig (60GHz) chipsets supported by the Linux networking wil6210 driver. I use Linux kernel 4.12. In my use case, I would like to use concurrent usage of the WiGig interface. That means one interface is…
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Windows 10 clients can't connect to HostAPD

I have an access point running on a linux server. I'm using hostapd 2.4 on ubuntu 16.04. wifi adapter: Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6235 android, iphone, linux computers, and windows 7(don't have a windows 8 box to test with) and earlier windows can…
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hostapd Wired 802.1x with Bridge

I've got a PCEngines APU running Debian Jessie. I'm trying to configure hostapd to perform wired 802.1x authentication against a remote domain controller running NPS on 2008 R2. I would like 2 of it's network ports to join a bridge interface once…
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Monitor WiFi association attempts

I'm using hostapd to create an access point and I was wondering if there's any way for me to get an output of current or recent association attempts. Ideally I'd like to see the MAC ID and any other lower level information. I'm more interested in…
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Unable to setup wlan0/ppp0 bridge

Don't know how many hours/days I have into this 'simple' problem, but I'm stuck... What I'm attempting to do is connect an eth0/wlan0 bridge to a ppp session (in other words share a ppp connection to the Internet with eth0 and wlan0.) Here are the…
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How to configure MACSEC Key Agreement (MKA) with hostapd & wpasupplicant?

I'm trying to setup MKA between some clients (using wpa_supplicant) and an authenticator (using hostapd). Additionally I have a RADIUS server(using FreeRADIUS) that is going to be handling the authentication side of things. So: RADIUS server has…
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How to switch off "Not RRM Network" messages

My system's logs are being swamped by these messages: wpa_supplicant[390]: RRM: Ignoring radio measurement request: Not RRM network I have searched extensively; I've even found the sources for wpa_supplicant here: git clone…
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Hostapd client unable to connect to docker container network

I've setup hostapd on a RP3 so I could connect some IoT devices to it. Inside the RP3 I have several docker containers, one of which is running a MQTT Broker. The MQTT Broker is running on a bridge network (172.16.1.0), Hostapd is configured under…
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Configure hostapd to accept password multiple WPA2 PSKs

Is it possible to configure hostapd to have a list of more than one valid passphrase that a supplicant can use to authenticate ? Solutions I've seen so far involve setting up a RADIUS server, but I'm curious of there is a simpler solution. I'm…
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Auto-trigger captive portal agreement page display

I have a WiFi hotspot setup using Hostapd and Dnsmasq. Everything works great, but I'm trying to trigger the sort of Terms and Conditions page you might see at a hotel or coffee shop after you connect to their captive portal. Most modern devices…
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Not Getting speed in Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac

I got 50MB/s speed in Station mode but using AP mode I got only 8MB/s to 10MB/s How to increase my Transfer speed Details: WiFi Card = Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS = Ubunut 16 Hostapd = 2.6 $ iw reg get country CH: DFS-ETSI (2402 -…
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Trouble with 802.11ac from a WLE900VX card (QCA9880 ath10k) via hostapd

I think this is where I am going wrong-- But I am not sure if it really is the problem and even if it is, I am not sure what to do about it. nl80211: Could not configure driver mode nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp6s0 disabled_11b_rates=0 nl80211: Remove…
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De-authenticating Wi-Fi without turning off the device

I have established Wi-Fi access point using hostapd and the IP address is configured via DHCP. This is my configuration…
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Disconnect an 802.11 wireless station

I am setting up a wifi system using serveral accesspoints (ap) based on OpenWrt. The ap are 802.11n series. Currently the system works properly. The missing part I feel is roaming. Some end-user devices are not roaming enabled, and stick to the…
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How to block device trying to connect to your wifi

In my log-file I see that hostapd shows that a device is continuously trying to connect and disconnect which slows down the network & pollutes the log-file and. Anyone knows how to block a device from trying to access your wifi? This will result in…
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