Questions tagged [hostapd]
User space daemon for access point and authentication servers.
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Unable Compile libubus, wpa_supplicant and hostapd for Armv7
Disclaimer: im not a linux expert and the only reason im posting is because i looked everywhere (hopefully) so please be gentle if you are going to flame me.
-Attempting to compile libubus, ...
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How to configure FreeBSD as WPA Enterpise access point?
I have a FreeBSD machine with an Atheros WiFi card and I want to use it as WPA Enterprise access point.
I set up a RADIUS server on the FreeBSD machine and configure interface wlan0 and hostapd.conf, ...
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All WiFi 5G frequencies show "no IR". Is there a way to enable 5G in AP mode?
I have this WiFi module and want to set it up as an WiFi 5G AP. I can set it up as an AP in 2.4G by using hostapd.service, so it works for 2.4G. However, I want to set the AP using 5G, but it fails.
I ...
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Captive Portal w/ nginx, hostapd, nftables, dnsmasq
I'm trying to make captive portal with nginx, hostapd, nftables, dnsmasq and python-flask.
I have two main problems
I'm not getting a popup on Android, but am on Iphone/OSX.
I'm not sure how to ...
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Show encryption used by WiFi stations connected to my hotspot
I'm hosting a hotspot from my PC, which has a wired internet connection and a wifi adapter. The OS is Fedora 40, using Network Manager and wpa_supplicant. I have 3 wifi devices which are able to ...
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IPv6 only hotspot using hostapd and dnsmasq
to test the IPv6 capability of our end devices, i need to set up a hotspot on a raspberry pi that only provides ipv6 adresses.
I followed this guide: https://partiallydisassembled.net/posts/pi-nat64....
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hostapd: slow performance unless android phone connects
I have an host computer, set up with hostapd as access point and dnsmasq for DHCP server. I'm running under ArchLinux, with Linux kernel 6.1 (as I'm on an embedded ARM board which only supports up to ...
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Router configuration. Unable to Connect to Hostapd WiFi Network
I have set up a wireless network using hostapd on my Banana Pi R3 router running Ubuntu 22.04.
hostapd configuration
$ sudo cat /etc/hostapd/hostapd_wlan0_gemma.conf
# hostapd configuration file
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Network Configuration - Hostapd Fails to Start - nl80211 Driver Initialization Failed
I would like to create a wireless network using my Banana Pi R3 router running Ubuntu 22.04 OS.
This is the configuration file that I am using:
userk@glutamate:~$ sudo cat /etc/hostapd/...
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What is the difference between `ssid` and `ssid2` in hostapd config file?
In a hostapd configuration file, sometimes I see the key ssid to specify the SSID, and sometimes I see the key ssid2. What is the difference between these? I'm having trouble finding documentation ...
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Trouble Setting Access Point 2.4GHz Orange Pi Zero 2
I'm setting up a WiFi Access Point using bridge mode. I successfully configured the bridge mode and it's working. Then, I managed to set up the WiFi Access Point for 5GHz as well. But why did I fail ...
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5 GHz WiFi is not working on Debian 12 , Hostapd , firmware-atheros , Kernel Info: Debian GNU/Linux 12.5 (Kernel:6.1.0-18-amd64 x86_64)
I have a debian 9 router that supports both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. As debian 9 lost its life time I decided to upgrade my router software to debian 12 and after upgrading 2.4 GHz is working fine but 5 GHz ...
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How to configure hostapd service with external RADIUS server?
I am trying to set up an AP with an external RADIUS server using two Linux hosts for each service, hostapd and freeradius, correspondingly. These hosts and the Wi-Fi client host are Raspberry Pi 4 ...
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How to change the regulatory domains on two Atheros wifi cards?
I have managed to get iw reg get to show channel 44 (5220MHz) as allowed, by installing wireless-regdb and cdra Debian packages:
root@foo1:~# iw phy phy0 reg get
global
country GB: DFS-ETSI
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hostapd: WIFI AP cannot ping host connected to it
I am working on an embedded Linux system (kernel-5.10.24), there is a RTL8723 WIFI module in my system.
Now I configured the target board as WIFI AP with hostapd/udhcpd/dnsmasq.
The hostapd.conf is.
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