net/hostapd 2.10_10 DragonFly

IEEE 802.11 AP, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator

System: DragonFly
Repository: DPorts
Maintainer: [email protected] (as in FreeBSD)
License: BSD3CLAUSE
Categories: net
Package size: 234.7 KiB, 642.1 KiB installed

Description

hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers. It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators, RADIUS client, EAP server, and RADIUS authentication server. The current version supports Linux (Host AP, madwifi, mac80211-based drivers) and FreeBSD (net80211).

Add the following to /etc/rc.conf to use the ports version instead of the base version:

hostapd\_program="/usr/local/sbin/hostapd"

In the other systems

System

Port

Version

DragonFly

net/hostapd

2.10_10

FreeBSD

net/hostapd

2.12_2

MidnightBSD

net/hostapd

2.11

Install

Binary package:

pkg install hostapd

From DPorts:

cd /usr/dports/net/hostapd && make install clean

Dependencies

Run dependencies 1

security/openssl

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

No options to configure.

Service scripts: none

Message after installing

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For DragonFly 4.2 and earlier:

    To use the ports version instead of the base, add to /etc/rc.conf:
        hostapd_program="/usr/local/sbin/hostapd"

For DragonFly 4.3 and later:

    There is no base version in these releases.
    1. Configure /usr/local/etc/hostapd.conf properly
    2. Add "hostapd_enable=YES" to /etc/rc.d
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