hostapd and 802.11r

Ben Greear greearb at candelatech.com
Wed Mar 9 15:55:55 PST 2016


We've been trying to get this working, but no luck so far.

I notice you have 'ft_bridge' config in your examples, but I cannot find
any reference to that in my hostapd repo.  Is this one of the private
features that is not upstream yet?  Is it required?

Thanks,
Ben


On 11/03/2015 12:26 PM, M. Braun wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running this for about half a year with about 80 APs, full dynamic
> VLANs, 1X and PSK and about 2k registered and 400 active devices.
>
>>> hostapd can exchange messages with other hostapd-based devices to
>>> manage FT AP-AP operations.
>> Oooh, nice.  Anyone have some example configs that have this enabled?
>
> I've just published [1] lurking around for some time unpublished. Hope
> it helps. Although that also includes some settings not yet send
> upstream, it should also cover everything needed for operation of
> current upstream hostapd.
>
> Regards,
>   M. Braun
>
> [1]
> https://blog.fem.tu-ilmenau.de/archives/1002-HowTo-enable-WiFi-roaming-with-hostapd-and-VLANs.html
>
>
> Am 03.11.2015 um 20:03 schrieb Ben Greear:
>> On 11/03/2015 11:00 AM, Jouni Malinen wrote:
>>> On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 07:29:48AM -0800, Ben Greear wrote:
>>>> Does hostapd have the ability to do 802.11r between 2+ APs?
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>>> I know at least some implementations of 802.11r require a controller
>>>> box, so I'm curious if hostapd somehow gets around that?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> I'd like to give it a try...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>>
>


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