[802.1x]how to setup the hostap?

[Jason Boxman]

On Monday 10 March 2003 09:40 pm, zhang yi wrote:
> Hi,
>     I want to make 802.1X authentication with freeRADIUS, hostap and
> xsupplicant.
> As this page says: http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu/wireless/eaptls/
>     I tried to "replace the Cisco AP with host ap driver,hostap daemon,
> and a Prism2 card".I used the "D-link DWL 520" card.
>     Did I "load the prism2/2.5 AP driver" by insmod hostap.o
> ,hostap_crypt.o and hostap_cs.o?And then I run Ethernet bridging with this

You might try modprobe hostap_cs.  That'll load the others for you.

> card,and successfully connected the wireless LAN with the wired LAN.
>     But when I input "./hostapd wlan0" or "./hostapd -xm wlan0",it kept
> telling me:
>
> ioctl(SIOCGIFINDEX):No such device
> ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]:No such device

Did you compile HostAP with the EXTRA_CFLAGS="-DPRISM2_HOSTAPD" flag?

You need to make hostapd in the hostapd/ directory, then.

>     What shall I do?Or anyone has ever successfully finished the same
> job,please give me your advice.
>
> Best regards.
>
>

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