Added a note about mac80211-based drivers and nl80211

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Jouni Malinen 2008-12-20 13:02:29 +02:00
parent a2b3a34bab
commit e6f9861ace
3 changed files with 7 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ Current hardware/software requirements:
Prism54 driver for Intersil/Conexant Prism GT/Duette/Indigo Prism54 driver for Intersil/Conexant Prism GT/Duette/Indigo
(http://www.prism54.org/) (http://www.prism54.org/)
mac80211-based drivers that support AP mode (with driver=nl80211).
This includes drivers for Atheros (ath9k) and Broadcom (b43)
chipsets.
Any wired Ethernet driver for wired IEEE 802.1X authentication Any wired Ethernet driver for wired IEEE 802.1X authentication
(experimental code) (experimental code)

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@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ interface=wlan0
#bridge=br0 #bridge=br0
# Driver interface type (hostap/wired/madwifi/prism54/test/none/nl80211/bsd); # Driver interface type (hostap/wired/madwifi/prism54/test/none/nl80211/bsd);
# default: hostap) # default: hostap). nl80211 is used with all Linux mac80211 drivers.
# Use driver=none if building hostapd as a standalone RADIUS server that does # Use driver=none if building hostapd as a standalone RADIUS server that does
# not control any wireless/wired driver. # not control any wireless/wired driver.
# driver=hostap # driver=hostap

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@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
servers. It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE servers. It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE
802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators, RADIUS client, EAP server, and 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators, RADIUS client, EAP server, and
RADIUS authentication server. The current version supports Linux (Host RADIUS authentication server. The current version supports Linux (Host
AP, madwifi, Prism54 drivers) and FreeBSD (net80211).</p> AP, madwifi, Prism54, mac80211-based drivers) and FreeBSD (net80211).</p>
<p>hostapd is designed to be a "daemon" program that runs in the <p>hostapd is designed to be a "daemon" program that runs in the
background and acts as the backend component controlling background and acts as the backend component controlling
@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Internet Systems Consortium (ISC).
<address><a href="mailto:j@w1.fi">Jouni Malinen</a></address> <address><a href="mailto:j@w1.fi">Jouni Malinen</a></address>
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