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Hostapd
Jul 20, 2023
IEEE 802.11 AP, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator
hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers. It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators, RADIUS client, EAP server, and RADIUS authentication server. The current version supports Linux Host AP, madwifi, mac80211-based drivers and FreeBSD net80211.
Add the following to /etc/rc.conf to use the ports version instead of the base version
hostapd_program="/usr/local/sbin/hostapd"
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