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On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 10:36 PM, Dan Egli <ddavide...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey folks, perhaps my google foo isn't up to snuff today. I've been looking > for articles that help me understand exactly how to setup hostapd on gentoo > using systemd, and I'm not finding anything. I looked all over the Gentoo > Wiki and found nothing that mentioned both hostapd and systemd. I found > pages that mention one or the other, but they seem to contradict each > other's setup, making it impossible to use both pages at once. If possible, > I'd really like to use netifrc as well. But I can't tell for sure if that's > possible or if it's only for OpenRC setups. The Gentoo AMD64 walkthrough > specifically states that they assume you're using OpenRC vs. systemd. I'd > consider just using OpenRC, but I want this setup to be as future proof as > possible and since it looks like everyone is moving towards systemd, I'd > prefer to stick with that. This is especially true as all the walkthroughs > for luks that I've encountered have entailed using systemd and > /etc/crypttab and I can't find any that explain how to use luks with > OpenRC, although I'm sure it's possible. And yes, I've looked. Again, my > google skills must not be up to par today. > > I've no idea where else to look. So perhaps someone here can point me in > the right direction. I'm trying to create a wireless hotspot (that can work > in managed mode, obviously, not just ad-hoc) that gets called with systemd > under Gentoo. The desired network setup would be like this: > > eth0 - Public IP - Protected by iptables firewall that uses NAT to rewrite > requests from eth1 or wlan0 using eth0's IP > eth1 - Private IP (192.168.0.1 let's say) > wlan0 - Private IP (say 192.168.1.1) > > The iptables rules are in place and seem to work fine for eth0 & eth1. Both > eth1 and wlan0 are serviced by dhcpd. I've got dhcpd running and serving > addresses to those connected to eth1 just fine. And from what I can tell it > should serve addresses to wlan0 connected nodes, but I can't tell until I > can get hostapd up and running so that nodes can associate with the > wireless nic in the first place. I want the nodes to be wpa2 protected, of > course, and I have wpa_supplicant installed. But all the gentoo docs seem > to be about using wpa_supplicant to connect to an existing AP, not to have > the box serve as an AP itself (and there are reasons for this that I'm not > getting into at the moment, but I do have them). They mention hostapd, but > never give any config details that I can see. > > Any suggestions would be most welcome. I'm getting ready to pull my hair > out. Help!? > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
