You need to install the hostapd package. WPA is supported by the  
kernel and the main ifconfig binaries.

If you're talking about OpenWRT, the answer is the same, although WPA  
is supported in the userspace rather than kernel.

Tyler Booth // President
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921 SW Washington St, Suite 224
Portland OR 97205


On Nov 26, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Gary wrote:

>
> Has anyone here figured out how to create a WPA or WPA2 AP with
> OpenBSD? I've found plenty of WPA client information but none for the
> AP side. I found a great OpenBSD distro for compact flash boxes;
> http://tilde.se/flashboot. q.v. this similar project;
> http://www.nmedia.net/flashdist. I've also used Pyramid Linux and
> m0n0wall with the same hardware. There's a DD-WRT release that's
> supposed to work with these but I think it's one that they're charging
> for since it's an x86 platform. I'm suprised at how expensive these
> systems still cost -- mine's an old retired Firetide box (Soekris 4501
> plus Senao mini-PCI card). I bought it for $75 from one of the surplus
> hardware vendors at DefCon seven or eight years ago. People keep
> giving me their CF cards that are too small for their cameras perfect
> for me to have multiple cards on hand for swapping out various sandbox
> distros.
>
> -Gary
>
> >
>


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