running hostapd on wired machine

[Oleg Izhvanov]

Hi,

Here is the link to the HostAP mail list posting with the patch:
       http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/2002-November/thread.html#361

Note, it will almost certainly not work with the recent version
of hostapd. I'd advise you to take "hostap-2002-10-12.tar.gz",
so you would have something to start with.

Imo, here are some interesting things for you in the patch:

1. EAPOL packet filter for HostAP, enabling daemon receive only
    EAPOL packets. (hostapd.c)

2. handle_event_token(...) event dispatcher in the wevent.c, responsible
    for handling station association/deassociation.

Kunal Trivedi wrote:
> Hi,
>     Is it possible to publish that patch ? So, that I can get
>     some idea or start from your patch ?
> 
>     Thanks for the quick reply.
> -Kunal
> 
> ----------------------------
> Kunal Trivedi (412-268-1255)
> Network Development
> Carnegie Mellon University
> 
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> 
> On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Oleg Izhvanov wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>In the end of last year I made a patch to HostAP daemon, which
>>abstracts HostAP daemon from HostAP kernel driver, enabling
>>802.1X authentication on one wireless card, that has support of
>>Linux Wireless Extensions, but unaware of HostAP kernel driver
>>private ioctls() and 802.11 frame management.
>>
>>This patch makes use of Linux Wireless Events to notify
>>daemon about stations association/deassociation. To make HostAP
>>daemon 802.1X authentication work on wired interface you have
>>to find some way of providing these notifications to HostAP
>>daemon (and code them into the daemon, too), maybe via some
>>simple protocol between your AP and the HostAP daemon.
>>
>>Kunal Trivedi wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>I've digged into the archive, but could not find any responses to Ron's
>>>question in november.
>>>
>>>"Is it possible to run hostapd on wired machine ? or bind hostapd to
>>>wired interface ?"
>>>
>>>We would like to authenticate wireless users but AP does not have 802.1x
>>>functionality.
>>>hostapd code seems to be using some information from kernel driver.
>>>
>>>Has anybody tried something like that.
>>>
>>>Comments/suggestions appreciated.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>-Kunal
>>>
>>>----------------------------
>>>Kunal Trivedi (412-268-1255)
>>>Network Development
>>>Carnegie Mellon University
>>>
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>>
>>--
>>Best Regards, Oleg Izhvanov <oizhvanov at rfmd.com>
>>
>>
>>

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