on November 15, 2015, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > Have you asked in #gentoo on irc.freenode.net?
Wish I could. Unfortunately, where I am at the moment, IRC is blocked. I'm lucky to get on my GMAIL account, and even that has to go through a specially written proxy. :< --- Dan On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 5:42 AM, Nicholas Leippe <n...@leippe.com> wrote: > Have you asked in #gentoo on irc.freenode.net? > If an answer is not in the gentoo forum, that is where the gentoo community > goes for help. > > 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. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
