[CentOS] 802.11 Access Point software

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 03/10/2013 04:35 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 3/10/2013 1:22 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>> I just found hostapd for Fedora, but it is not showing up in my Centos
>>>>>> repos.
>>>> http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/2/simple/2
>>>> http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/15160581/dir/redhat_el_6/com/hostapd-0.5.8-13.el6.x86_64.rpm.html
>>>>
>> Thanks Harald!  Though I need the i686 version, but given the x86_64, I
>> found the i686 one.
> and, here's the source of that build
> http://packages.atrpms.net/dist/el6/hostapd/
>
> hmm, it apparently hasn't been updated since 2007, that would bother me
> some.    hostapd itself, http://hostap.epitest.fi/hostapd/  is up to 2.0
> and there's a 1.1 release too.

Interestingly, Fedora 17 is only at 0.7.3-10.  It would be nice for a 
more current version, but for what I need, if it works with WPA-PSK it 
will be good enough for now for the lab I am building for my son.

I can see why such an app is not even in EPEL, as who would run an AP on 
a enterprise server?  Someone that wants enterprise code in a portable 
lab environment and not have to also lug along an AP. Even the Tenda 
AP.  (Centos for this lab is loaded on an old OQO2).