Re: Trying to run hostapd as solely a stand-alone Radius server

[jmitchel <jmitchel%bigjar.com@localhost>]

On 2018-01-13 07:21, christos%astron.com@localhost wrote:
> In article <7c6a79ab05e9fdd22e449d63d7cb184e%mail.bigjar.com@localhost>,
> jmitchel  <jmitchel%bigjar.com@localhost> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to run hostapd as a standalone Radius server without any of
> > the wireless functionality.
> > /usr/src/external/bsd/wpa/dist/hostapd/hostapd.conf has the following:
> >
> > # Driver interface type (hostap/wired/madwifi/test/none/nl80211/bsd);
> > # default: hostap). nl80211 is used with all Linux mac80211 drivers.
> > # Use driver=none if building hostapd as a standalone RADIUS server 
> > that
> > does
> > # not control any wireless/wired driver.
> > # driver=hostap
> >
> > But the only option for driver that doesn't cause hostapd to generate 
> > an
> > error on startup is bsd, and you have to supply a physical interface
> > (not lo0) which stops working when you run hostapd.
> >
> > I'm running NetBSD 6.1.5 on port-i386. As a test I'm running on a full
> > installation of NetBSD, but the target is an embedded appliance.
> >
> > Is there a way to disable the wireless portion of things and still 
> > have
> > a functioning radius server? Sorry if this is the wrong group. If so,
> > please let me know where I should send this to.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jason M.
> >
> > P.S. Please copy me on any replies, I'm not subscribed to 
> > netbsd-users.
> > Thanks again!
>
> Have you tried driver=test?
>
> christos

Yes, I tried them all. The only one that doesn't cause hostapd to exit 
with an error is bsd.

quantumleap:/home/jmitchel/temp# hostapd 
/home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf
Configuration file: /home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf
Line 9: invalid/unknown driver 'test'
1 errors found in configuration file '/home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf'

quantumleap:/home/jmitchel/temp# hostapd 
/home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf
Configuration file: /home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf
Line 9: invalid/unknown driver 'none'
1 errors found in configuration file '/home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf'

quantumleap:/home/jmitchel/temp# hostapd 
/home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf
Configuration file: /home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf
Line 9: invalid/unknown driver 'hostap'
1 errors found in configuration file '/home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf'

quantumleap:/home/jmitchel/temp# hostapd 
/home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf
Configuration file: /home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf
Line 9: invalid/unknown driver 'wired'
1 errors found in configuration file '/home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf'

quantumleap:/home/jmitchel/temp# hostapd 
/home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf
Configuration file: /home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf
Line 9: invalid/unknown driver 'madwifi'
1 errors found in configuration file '/home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf'

quantumleap:/home/jmitchel/temp# hostapd 
/home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf
Configuration file: /home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf
Line 9: invalid/unknown driver 'nl80211'
1 errors found in configuration file '/home/jmitchel/temp/hostapd.conf'

And if I run hostapd with driver=bsd and my ethernet interface, I lose 
my SSH connection and can no longer ping the interface. The machine is 
still up and hostapd exits.

Thanks,

Jason M.