hostapd(8) - HostAP assist Daemon
  • Initial goal: a basic implementation of IEEE 802.11f
    • Inter Access Point Protocol
    • Improvement of wireless roaming
  • De-central wireless solution
    • vs. CAPWAP/LWAP "lightweight accesspoints"
  • Wireless station tracking
    • Multicast/broadcast for internal IAPP messages
    • Station got associated; send ADD.notify message
    • Learn station MAC address on the bridge interface
  • Secure and simple (i.e. privsep)
"Proactive Wireless Networks With OpenBSD", BSDCan 2006, Ottawa, Canada, 2006-05-13
Reyk Floeter (reyk@vantronix.net)
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