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<h2>Host AP driver for Intersil Prism2/2.5/3, hostapd, and WPA Supplicant</h2>
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<h3><a name="intro">Introduction</a></h3>
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<p>This project includes three main components:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Host AP - Linux driver for Prism2/2.5/3</li>
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<li><a href="hostapd/">hostapd</a> - user space daemon for access points,
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including, e.g., IEEE 802.1X/WPA/EAP Authenticator for number of Linux and
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BSD drivers, RADIUS client, integrated EAP server, and RADIUS
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authentication server</li>
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<li><a href="wpa_supplicant/">wpa_supplicant</a> user space IEEE 802.1X/WPA
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supplicant (wireless client) for number of Linux, BSD, and Windows
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drivers</li>
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</ul>
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Host AP is a Linux driver for wireless LAN cards based on Intersil's
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Prism2/2.5/3 chipset. The driver supports a so called Host AP mode, i.e., it
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takes care of IEEE 802.11 management functions in the host computer
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and acts as an access point. This does not require any special
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firmware for the wireless LAN card. In addition to this, it has
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support for normal station operations in BSS and possible also in
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IBSS. WPA and RSN (WPA2) is supported when used with accompanied tools,
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wpa_supplicant (WPA/RSN Supplicant) and hostapd (WPA/RSN Authenticator). All
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these programs have been designed for both desktop/laptop computers and
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embedded systems.
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Intersil's station firmware for Prism2 chipset supports a so called
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Host AP mode in which the firmware takes care of time critical tasks
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like beacon sending and frame acknowledging, but leaves other
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management tasks to host computer driver. This driver implements basic
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functionality needed to initialize and configure Prism2-based cards,
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to send and receive frames, and to gather statistics. In addition, it
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includes an implementation of following IEEE 802.11 functions:
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authentication (and deauthentication), association (reassociation, and
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disassociation), data transmission between two wireless stations,
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power saving (PS) mode signaling and frame buffering for PS
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stations. The driver has also various features for development
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debugging and for researching IEEE 802.11 environments like access to
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hardware configuration records, I/O registers, and frames with 802.11
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headers.
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<p>
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When used with a user space daemon, the combination of the Host AP
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driver and hostapd daemon includes additional features. These include
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support for IEEE 802.1X and dynamic WEP rekeying, RADIUS Accounting,
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RADIUS-based ACL for IEEE 802.11 authentication, minimal IAPP (IEEE
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802.11f), WPA, IEEE 802.11i/RSN/WPA2.
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</p>
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<p>
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<a href="http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wireless.html">Linux
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Wireless LAN Howto</a> has some useful information about wireless LAN support
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in Linux. In addition, it includes information about which cards are
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Prism2-based (and can thus be used in Host AP mode).
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</p>
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<h3><a name="wpa_supplicant">WPA/RSN Supplicant (wpa_supplicant)</a></h3>
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<p>More information is available on <a
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href="wpa_supplicant/">wpa_supplicant's own page</a>.</p>
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<p>Supported WPA/IEEE 802.11i features:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>WPA-PSK ("WPA-Personal")</li>
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<li>WPA with EAP (e.g., with RADIUS authentication server) ("WPA-Enterprise")</li>
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<li>key management for CCMP, TKIP, WEP104, WEP40</li>
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<li>WPA and full IEEE 802.11i/RSN/WPA2</li>
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<li>RSN: PMKSA caching, pre-authentication</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Supported drivers:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Linux drivers that support Linux Wireless Extensions v19 or newer with
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WPA/WPA2 extensions</li>
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<li>Host AP driver for Prism2/2.5/3</li>
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<li>Linuxant DriverLoader with Windows NDIS driver supporting WPA</li>
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<li>Agere Systems Inc. Linux Driver (Hermes-I/Hermes-II chipset)</li>
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<li>madwifi (Atheros ar521x)</li>
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<li>ATMEL AT76C5XXx</li>
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<li>Linux ndiswrapper with Windows NDIS driver</li>
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<li>Broadcom wl.o driver</li>
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<li>Intel ipw2100 and ipw2200</li>
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<li>Wired Ethernet drivers</li>
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<li>BSD net80211 layer (e.g., Atheros driver) (FreeBSD 6-CURRENT)</li>
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<li>Windows NDIS drivers (Windows; at least XP and 2000, others not tested)</li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="wpa_authenticator">WPA/RSN/EAP Authenticator (hostapd)</a></h3>
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<p>More information is available on <a
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href="hostapd/">hostapd's own page</a>.</p>
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<p>Supported WPA/IEEE 802.11i features:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>WPA-PSK ("WPA-Personal")</li>
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<li>WPA with EAP (e.g., with RADIUS authentication server) ("WPA-Enterprise")<br>
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<li>key management for CCMP, TKIP, WEP104, WEP40</li>
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<li>WPA and full IEEE 802.11i/RSN/WPA2</li>
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<li>RSN: PMKSA caching, pre-authentication</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Supported drivers:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Host AP driver for Prism2/2.5/3</li>
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<li>madwifi (Atheros ar521x)</li>
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<li>Prism54.org (PrismGT)</li>
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<li>BSD net80211 layer (e.g., Atheros driver) (FreeBSD 6-CURRENT)</li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="download">Download</a></h3>
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<b>Host AP driver</b><br>
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Copyright (c) 2001-2002, SSH Communications Security Corp and
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Jouni Malinen.<br>
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Copyright (c) 2002-2007, Jouni Malinen and contributors.<br>
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Author: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
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</p>
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<b>Host AP utils</b><br>
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Copyright (c) 2002-2005, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
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and contributors.
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</p>
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<b>hostapd</b><br>
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Copyright (c) 2002-2009, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
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and contributors.
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</p>
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<b>wpa_supplicant</b><br>
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Copyright (c) 2003-2009, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
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and contributors.
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</p>
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<p>
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
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published by the Free Software Foundation. See
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<a href="/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git;a=blob_plain;f=COPYING">COPYING</a>
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for more details. hostapd and wpa_supplicant are alternatively
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available under BSD license.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>Please see
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<a href="/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/hostap/README?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain">README</a>
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for updated documentation of the driver.
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Please also check <a href="/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git;a=blob_plain;f=FAQ">FAQ</a> before sending problem reports.</b>
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>Note!</b>
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Host AP driver was added into the main kernel tree in Linux
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v2.6.14. The version in the kernel tree should be used instead of this
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external hostap-driver package. The external releases are only for
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older kernel versions and all the future development will be in the
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main kernel tree.
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="releases.html">Release graph</a></li>
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<li>Latest stable release:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="releases/hostapd-0.6.8.tar.gz">hostapd-0.6.8.tar.gz</a>
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<li><a href="releases/wpa_supplicant-0.6.8.tar.gz">wpa_supplicant-0.6.8.tar.gz</a> (source code for all versions)</li>
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<li><a href="releases/wpa_supplicant-0.6.8.exe">wpa_supplicant-0.6.8.exe</a> (binary installer for Windows)</li>
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<li><a href="releases/wpa_supplicant-windows-bin-0.6.8.zip">wpa_supplicant-windows-bin-0.6.8.zip</a> (binaries for Windows)</li>
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<li><a href="wpa_supplicant/qt4/wpa_gui-qt433-windows-dll.zip">wpa_gui-qt433-windows-dll.zip</a> (Qt4 libraries from wpa_gui/Windows)</li>
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</ul>
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<li>Older stable release:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="releases/hostapd-0.5.11.tar.gz">hostapd-0.5.11.tar.gz</a>
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<li><a href="releases/wpa_supplicant-0.5.11.tar.gz">wpa_supplicant-0.5.11.tar.gz</a> (source code for all versions)
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<li><a href="releases/wpa_supplicant-windows-bin-0.5.11.zip">wpa_supplicant-windows-bin-0.5.11.zip</a> (binaries for Windows)</li>
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</ul>
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<li>Latest development release:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="releases/hostapd-0.7.0.tar.gz">hostapd-0.7.0.tar.gz</a>
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<li><a href="releases/wpa_supplicant-0.7.0.tar.gz">wpa_supplicant-0.7.0.tar.gz</a> (source code for all versions)</li>
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<li><a href="releases/wpa_supplicant-0.7.0.exe">wpa_supplicant-0.7.0.exe</a> (binary installer for Windows)</li>
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<li><a href="releases/wpa_supplicant-windows-bin-0.7.0.zip">wpa_supplicant-windows-bin-0.7.0.zip</a> (binaries for Windows)</li>
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</ul>
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-->
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<li>ChangeLog:
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<ul>
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<li>hostapd:
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<a href="/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git;a=blob_plain;f=hostapd/ChangeLog">[development branch]</a>
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<a href="/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap-06.git;a=blob_plain;f=hostapd/ChangeLog">[stable branch]</a>
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<li>wpa_supplicant:
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<a href="/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git;a=blob_plain;f=wpa_supplicant/ChangeLog">[development branch]</a>
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<a href="/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap-06.git;a=blob_plain;f=wpa_supplicant/ChangeLog">[stable branch]</a>
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</ul>
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<li><a href="releases/">Old releases</a>
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<li><a href="http://lists.shmoo.com/mailman/listinfo/hostap">Mailing list</a>
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<li><a href="http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/">New mailing list archives</a>
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<li><a href="hostap/">Old mailing list archives</a>
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<li><a href="htdig/">Search mailing list archives</a>
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<li><a href="/gitweb/gitweb.cgi">Web interface to GIT repository (0.6.x and newer)</a></li>
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<li><a href="/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/hostap/">Web interface to CVS repository (0.5.x and older)</a></li>
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<li><a href="releases/snapshots/">Snapshot releases from all active branches</a>
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<li><a href="cvs.html">GIT and read-only anonymous CVS access (pserver)</a>
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<li><a href="links.html">Host AP related links</a>
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<li><a href="bugz/">Bug and feature request tracking</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3>Wireless Tools for Linux</h3>
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<p>
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Please, note that you will need quite recent version of Wireless Tools
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to use some features of the Host AP driver. Using the
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<a href="http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html#latest">latest</a>
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version of the tools is recommended. Some features might also require latest beta version.
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</p>
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<h3>Feedback, comments, mailing list</h3>
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<p>
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Any comments, reports on success/failure, ideas for further
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improvement, feature requests, etc. are welcome at j@w1.fi.
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Please note, that I often receive more email than I have time to answer.
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Unfortunately, some messages may not get a reply, but I'll try to go
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through my mail whenever time permits.
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</p>
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<p>
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There is also a mailing list for Host AP related messages.
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Since this list has a broader audience, your likelyhood of getting
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responses is higher. This list is recommended for general questions
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about Host AP driver and its development. In addition, I will send
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release notes to it whenever a new version is available.
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</p>
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The mailing list information and web archive is at <a
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href="http://lists.shmoo.com/mailman/listinfo/hostap">http://lists.shmoo.com/mailman/listinfo/hostap</a>.
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Messages to hostap@shmoo.com will be delivered to the
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subscribers. Please note, that due to large number of spam and virus
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messages sent to the list address, the list is configured to accept
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messages only from subscribed addresses. Messages from unsubscribed addresses
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may be accepted manually, but their delivery will be delayed.
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</p>
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<p>
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If you want to make sure your bug report of feature request does not
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get lost, please report it through the bug tracking system as
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<a href="bugz/enter_bug.cgi">a new bug/feature request</a>.
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</p>
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<address><a href="mailto:j@w1.fi">Jouni Malinen</a></address>
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<!-- Created: Mon May 27 20:08:41 EEST 2002 -->
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