quite succesfull hostapd

[phoenixpb]

what i want to do is

client <--> wlan0 <--> computer <--> eth0 <--> internet

i have 2 network connections
eth0 wired connected to internet
wlan0 wireless (work fine)

i have installed hostapd with madwifi and so on
oki

when i run hostapd the clients see the hot spot oki
clients connect with wpa oki

network manager run at demand not automatic (keep it for internet help)

now i'm a bit lost

what do i need is wlan0 give the client an ip (dhcp demand)
create a bridge between wlan0 and eth0

if someone can give the steps to create a permanent bridge between wlan0 and eth0

thanks

[William Haller]

You need to configure the dhcpd service (man dhcpd.conf) start the service, and make sure that it passes out addresses wlan0 is configured for. Don't give a gateway to wlan0 and it should forward to eth0 automatically. You can configure dhcpd to look for particular mac addresses and assign them to specific IPs in the wlan0 subnet if you want a marginal amount more security.

You may need to install dhcp if it isn't installed.

yum install dhcp

[tekknokrat]

Hi,
I have created a bridge setup with hostapd on FC14 bridging wlan0/eth0. Perhaps this is also easier to maintain with dnsmasq. There's only an issue with my wlan-card link status on bootup (posted here) - perhaps this is hardware related only. I'll attach my config for your convenience perhaps it may help you.

[mico85]

Hi,

I have a HP NC6120 noteboook with an Intel Pro 2200 BG wireless card running on Fedora 13. I have installed hostapd versio 0.6.10 and mad appropriate configurations in order to share my wired internet connections to wireless devices e.g My smartphone. I also confed DHCP and IP masq, but when i try to run hostapd it keep telling me :

Failed to create interface mon.eth1.
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
eth1: Unable to setup interface.
rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory

eth1 is my wireless interface and is not managed by Network Manager... I checked http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers for my card and it is supported..

Any Idea

Thanks