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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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DNSMASQ config for captive portal

I am trying to create a captive portal wifi hotspot. Aim of the setup: Users connecting to hotspot through wlan0 should never be allowed to access the internet through eth1. For the "Sign into wifi network" to appear on android, iphone and any…
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hostapd, rtl8192se and wpa not working: EAPOL-Key Timeout

Ubuntu 12.04.2, 3.2.0-49-generic, x64 hostapd from saucy (hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2_amd64) Have tried from precise-updates as well to no avail. You can see in the debug output below, hostapd sends the EAPOL-Key request to the client, but hears nothing…
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hostapd: mapping MAC address to VLAN ID (static mapping via accept_mac_file)

I want hostapd to assign each station a given VLAN based on MAC address. BTW, my network is quite small. Using RADIUS would be an overkill. According to the hostapd manual: Optionally, the local MAC ACL list (accept_mac_file) can be used to set…
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Hostapd with ACS not working due to not collecting survey data

I'm trying to use hostapd in version 2.5 with ACS. In order to do that, I have used the following config…
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Wifi performance is slow only when there are multiple radios in one router

I have a wireless network setup like this: Laptop \ | Wifi Router A | Wifi Router B | Wifi Router C | \ | / \ | / \ | / \ | \|wlan0 …
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hostapd not working anymore

I had a working hostapd file and a functioning wifi hotspot (device is busybox, iMX6 board). While the hotspot was up and running, I was doing manual routing connected to the device via ssh (I'm able to connect this device via another device's…
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DNSmasq on 2 interfaces

SysInfo: ubuntu 18.04 external access point (with its own internal linux system) => interface ap1, IP: 192.168.13.1 external access point (USB stick) => interface ap0, IP: 192.168.12.1 hostapd running on ap0 dnsmasq running without being binded to…
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How to redirect a URL from hostapd without internet access?

I have configured my server with iptables rules in order to forward all traffic to a specific domain. Those are NAT rules and the redirection works fine as long as I have internet access. But when internet is off, of course the forwarding doesn't…
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Linux Hostapd registers as WEP, but I want WPA2-PSK

as usual to respect the community, I have traversed a bajillion articles and re-read the manual and still can't seem to get past this issue. I'm trying to create an access point in Linux(linaro on a dragonboard 410C) with hostapd to register as…
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Restrict hostapd wireless client from talking to eachother

How can I keep a wireless client of hostapd from talking to a wired client on the same network or another wireless client on the same network? Here's my network topology: [wired client] --> [router/cable modem] ^ …
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how to set up open source wireless lan controlloer (wlc) to manage multiple access points

I am working on linux devices to facilitate different functionalities (like access point, CAN controller, I2C, etc.). Due to financial limits, we have planned to implement access points using linux supported wlan modules(running with hostapd). The…
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Slow 802.11n on custom-built router

I have custom-built router, based on Intel D510MO motherboard with Slackware 13.37 on it. I'm using hostapd-2.0 and iptables to make it act as a router. Client is a laptop with Windows 7 on it. Both router and laptop have Atheros AR5BXB72 mini pci-e…
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Trigger agreement page automatically when connecting to Captive Portal

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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What characters are allowed for the username and password in FreeRADIUS?

I am testing the WLAN functionalities of a device connecting to a RADIUS server. This RADIUS server is located on a Raspberry Pi with Raspbian Stretch and is using FreeRADIUS 3.0 and Hostapd. For EAP-PEAP MSCHAPv2 the device should be able to handle…
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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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