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howtos:network_services:running_an_access_point_from_a_slackware_box [2016/10/28 07:40 (UTC)] – [6 Remote Administration] louigi600 | howtos:network_services:running_an_access_point_from_a_slackware_box [2022/05/02 11:56 (UTC)] – [10 Conclusions] louigi600 | ||
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To obtain hostapd you could either download a binary version from some reliable source or compile it from sources. You might be slightly better off compiling from sources, so that you get e fairly recent version, but it's up to you. Just don't try using really old hostapd versions like 0.6.7 on 2.6+ kernels: hostapd has followed the kernel wireless stack drivers and transitioned from only supporting FullMAC devices to supporting SoftMAC on almost all devices trough nl80211. Nowadays the combination of both hardware and driver supporting FullMAC is hard to come by (Prism2/ | To obtain hostapd you could either download a binary version from some reliable source or compile it from sources. You might be slightly better off compiling from sources, so that you get e fairly recent version, but it's up to you. Just don't try using really old hostapd versions like 0.6.7 on 2.6+ kernels: hostapd has followed the kernel wireless stack drivers and transitioned from only supporting FullMAC devices to supporting SoftMAC on almost all devices trough nl80211. Nowadays the combination of both hardware and driver supporting FullMAC is hard to come by (Prism2/ | ||
- | Hostapd sources can be downloaded from [[http:// | + | Hostapd sources can be downloaded from [[http:// |
Compiling hostapd is really simple: | Compiling hostapd is really simple: | ||
- extract the sources | - extract the sources | ||
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- edit the defconfig file and enable any optional features you need (default is fine for a simple setup) | - edit the defconfig file and enable any optional features you need (default is fine for a simple setup) | ||
- copy the defconfig file to .config | - copy the defconfig file to .config | ||
+ | - make a softlink for netlink includes (cd / | ||
- make | - make | ||
- make install (or optionally just put in / | - make install (or optionally just put in / | ||
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It should then be possible to restart rc.inet1 (or just rc.inet1 wlan0_down and rc.inet1 wlan0_up) and the client should associate. | It should then be possible to restart rc.inet1 (or just rc.inet1 wlan0_down and rc.inet1 wlan0_up) and the client should associate. | ||
+ | |||
+ | There' | ||
+ | |||
+ | # wpa_supplicant -B -W -Dwext -i wlan0 -c / | ||
+ | # wpa_cli | ||
+ | wpa_cli v2.4 | ||
+ | Copyright (c) 2004-2015, Jouni Malinen < | ||
+ | | ||
+ | This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license. | ||
+ | See README for more details. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | Selected interface ' | ||
+ | | ||
+ | Interactive mode | ||
+ | | ||
+ | > scan | ||
+ | OK | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | > scan_results | ||
+ | bssid / frequency / signal level / flags / ssid | ||
+ | 02: | ||
+ | a4: | ||
+ | 00: | ||
+ | > add_network | ||
+ | 0 | ||
+ | > set_network 0 ssid " | ||
+ | OK | ||
+ | > set_network 0 psk " | ||
+ | OK | ||
+ | > enable_network 0OK | ||
+ | OK | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | > save_config | ||
+ | OK | ||
+ | > quit | ||
+ | # | ||
+ | | ||
+ | If all went right and your wpa_supplicant.conf file had | ||
+ | update_config=1 | ||
+ | in it the above snippet would have saved the new network to wpa_supplicant.conf and associated you with it. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Remember that if you're associating with an non secured AP you need to use this: | ||
+ | > set_network 0 ssid " | ||
+ | OK | ||
+ | > set_network 0 key_mgmt NONE | ||
+ | OK | ||
+ | > | ||
+ | |||
==== 4.7.3 Other Linux Distributions Wireless Clients ==== | ==== 4.7.3 Other Linux Distributions Wireless Clients ==== | ||
- | I've tried various other flavor distributions ... most don't use wpa_gui for associating to AP but some sort of other tool that generally pops up when you click on the icon that notifies the presence of an Access Point. After a few headaches I found that best association success is achieved by forcing setup for hidden AP even if the AP I'm configuring has not the hidden essid. | + | I've tried various other flavor distributions ... most don't use wpa_gui for associating to AP but some sort of other tool that generally pops up when you click on the icon that notifies the presence of an Access Point. After a few headaches I found that best association success is achieved by forcing setup for hidden AP even if the AP I'm configuring has not the hidden essid. You can always use wpa_cli on the command line if it's shipped with whatever distro you prefer. |
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Over the years I've done several remakes adding some new features. The last upgrade was 8 programmable buttons with indicator leds to carry out arbitrary functions. | Over the years I've done several remakes adding some new features. The last upgrade was 8 programmable buttons with indicator leds to carry out arbitrary functions. | ||
+ | Gen 4 | ||
+ | {{https:// | ||
+ | Gen 3 | ||
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+ | Gen 2 | ||
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+ | Gen 1 | ||
{{http:// | {{http:// | ||