hostapd(cvs) & madwifi(cvs)

[Gunter Burchardt]

On 2004-11-25 - 18:07:57, Steve wrote:
> Subject: Re: hostapd(cvs) & madwifi(cvs)
> From: Steve <st3v3 at btinternet.com>
> To: Gunter Burchardt <gbur at informatik.uni-rostock.de>
> Cc: Hostap Mailing list <hostap at shmoo.com>
> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:07:57 +0000
> X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 
> 
> Hi Gunther
> Thanks for replying.
> I do understand that for atheros based cards you need the madwifi
> driver. I would like to use the 802.1x authenticator from hostapd on my
> atheros card AND on the prism card with the hostap-driver. Two radios as
> two APs. 
> Currently I have the prism card successfully working with hostapd and
> 802.1x. Im looking now to get the same functionality on the other radio
> (i,e the atheros card with 5212 silicon).

You can start hostapd with more than one config:
hostapd config1.conf config2.conf ... configN.conf
 
> I can confirm that the drive_madwifi.c does compile.
> I have the ath_hal and ath_pci loaded.
> I also have wlan and wlan_xauth loaded. I dont have wlan_crypt_tkip
> loaded however I thought wlan_xauth from madwifi allowed the use of an
> external authenticator. i.e hostapd??

Yes! You need wlan_tkip and/or wlan_ccmp loaded depending on your
hostapd config (wlan_crypt_tkip was the wrong name). Normaly these
modules should be loaded automaticaly if needed. But on some plattforms
it fails. 

> I currently have the .config file in hostapd with
> CONFIG_DRIVER_MADWIFI=y
> and an additional include path for my kernel source.

Yes! This is nessesary!

> I also have the hostapd.conf file for the madwifi. 
> 802.1x EAP/TLS does work from the the prism card so other than
> driver=madwifi.,bridge=br0 and the interface name (ath0) they are the
> same.

Everythink seems ok - what is the problem? What says hostapd log (start
with hostapd -ddd /your/path/to/config). One issue is that you have to
set essid with iwconfig. Set mode to master by iwconfig is a good idea
too.
 
> Am I right in thinking that the combination of hostapd & madwifi with
> 802.1x EAP/TLS authentication does require WE18?

I think you doesn't need WE18. It works with 2.4.26 and WE16 for my
own.

regards
gunter