Hostapd

Jouni Malinen's hostapd

Infobox_Software
name=Jouni Malinen's hostapd
latest_release_version = 0.5.10
latest_release_date = 19 February, 2008
operating_system = Cross-platform
license = GPLv2/BSD
website = [http://hostap.epitest.fi/hostapd/ hostap.epitest.fi/hostapd]
genre = WLAN tools
developer = Jouni Malinen & others


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Jouni Malinen's hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers. It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators, RADIUS client, EAP server, and RADIUS authentication server. The current version supports Linux (Host AP, [http://madwifi.org/ MadWiFi] , [http://www.prism54.org/ Prism54] and some of the drivers which use the kernel's mac80211 subsystem), FreeBSD (net80211), and DragonFlyBSD.
* [http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/commits/2006-09/msg00004.html DragonFlyBSD commit]

OpenBSD's hostapd

Infobox_Software
name=OpenBSD's hostapd
latest_release_version = 3.9
latest_release_date = May 1, 2006
operating_system = OpenBSD
license = BSD
website = [http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hostapd OpenBSD's hostapd]
genre = WLAN tools
developer = Reyk Floeter


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OpenBSD's hostapd is a user space daemon that helps to improve roaming and monitoring of OpenBSD-based wireless networks. It implements Inter Access Point Protocol (IAPP) for exchanging station association information between access points. It can trigger a set of actions like frame injection or logging when receiving specified IEEE 802.11 frames.
* [http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20051008150710 Undeadly Article]
* [http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hostapd&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html OpenBSD hostapd(8) man page]

Devicescape's hostapd

Infobox_Software
name=Open Wireless Linux version of hostapd
latest_release_version = none yet
latest_release_date = Date: N/A
operating_system = Linux
license = GPL version 2
website = [https://devicescape.org/projects/hostapd/ OWL hostapd]
genre = WLAN tools
developer = John Gordon


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The Open Wireless Linux version of hostapd. This is will be kept as close as possible to the original open source release, but with OWL specific packaging and defaults.