3 # hostapd example configuration file (adapted for NetBSD)
5 # Empty lines and lines starting with # are ignored
7 # Interface name. Should be set in ``hostap'' mode.
10 # hostapd event logger configuration
12 # Two output method: syslog and stdout (only usable if not forking to
15 # Module bitfield (ORed bitfield of modules that will be logged; -1 = all
17 # bit 0 (1) = IEEE 802.11
18 # bit 1 (2) = IEEE 802.1X
21 # bit 4 (16) = driver interface
24 # Levels (minimum value for logged events):
25 # 0 = verbose debugging
27 # 2 = informational messages
36 # Debugging: 0 = no, 1 = minimal, 2 = verbose, 3 = msg dumps, 4 = excessive
39 # Dump file for state information (on SIGUSR1)
40 dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump
42 # Interface for separate control program. If this is specified, hostapd
43 # will create this directory and a UNIX domain socket for listening to requests
44 # from external programs (CLI/GUI, etc.) for status information and
45 # configuration. The socket file will be named based on the interface name, so
46 # multiple hostapd processes/interfaces can be run at the same time if more
47 # than one interface is used.
48 # /var/run/hostapd is the recommended directory for sockets and by default,
49 # hostapd_cli will use it when trying to connect with hostapd.
50 ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
52 # Access control for the control interface can be configured by setting the
53 # directory to allow only members of a group to use sockets. This way, it is
54 # possible to run hostapd as root (since it needs to change network
55 # configuration and open raw sockets) and still allow GUI/CLI components to be
56 # run as non-root users. However, since the control interface can be used to
57 # change the network configuration, this access needs to be protected in many
58 # cases. By default, hostapd is configured to use gid 0 (root). If you
59 # want to allow non-root users to use the contron interface, add a new group
60 # and change this value to match with that group. Add users that should have
61 # control interface access to this group.
63 # This variable can be a group name or gid.
64 ctrl_interface_group=wheel
67 ##### IEEE 802.11 related configuration #######################################
69 # SSID to be used in IEEE 802.11 management frames
72 # Station MAC address -based authentication
73 # 0 = accept unless in deny list
74 # 1 = deny unless in accept list
75 # 2 = use external RADIUS server (accept/deny lists are searched first)
78 # Accept/deny lists are read from separate files (containing list of
79 # MAC addresses, one per line). Use absolute path name to make sure that the
80 # files can be read on SIGHUP configuration reloads.
81 #accept_mac_file=/etc/hostapd.accept
82 #deny_mac_file=/etc/hostapd.deny
84 # IEEE 802.11 specifies two authentication algorithms. hostapd can be
85 # configured to allow both of these or only one. Open system authentication
86 # should be used with IEEE 802.1X.
87 # Bit fields of allowed authentication algorithms:
88 # bit 0 = Open System Authentication
89 # bit 1 = Shared Key Authentication (requires WEP)
92 # Associate as a station to another AP while still acting as an AP on the same
94 #assoc_ap_addr=00:12:34:56:78:9a
97 ##### IEEE 802.1X-2004 related configuration ##################################
99 # Require IEEE 802.1X authorization
102 # Optional displayable message sent with EAP Request-Identity. The first \0
103 # in this string will be converted to ASCII-0 (nul). This can be used to
104 # separate network info (comma separated list of attribute=value pairs); see,
105 # e.g., draft-adrangi-eap-network-discovery-07.txt.
107 #eap_message=hello\0networkid=netw,nasid=foo,portid=0,NAIRealms=example.com
109 # WEP rekeying (disabled if key lengths are not set or are set to 0)
110 # Key lengths for default/broadcast and individual/unicast keys:
111 # 5 = 40-bit WEP (also known as 64-bit WEP with 40 secret bits)
112 # 13 = 104-bit WEP (also known as 128-bit WEP with 104 secret bits)
113 #wep_key_len_broadcast=5
114 #wep_key_len_unicast=5
115 # Rekeying period in seconds. 0 = do not rekey (i.e., set keys only once)
116 #wep_rekey_period=300
118 # EAPOL-Key index workaround (set bit7) for WinXP Supplicant (needed only if
119 # only broadcast keys are used)
120 #eapol_key_index_workaround=0
122 # EAP reauthentication period in seconds (default: 3600 seconds; 0 = disable
124 #eap_reauth_period=3600
126 # Use PAE group address (01:80:c2:00:00:03) instead of individual target
127 # address when sending EAPOL frames with driver=wired. This is the most common
128 # mechanism used in wired authentication, but it also requires that the port
129 # is only used by one station.
130 #use_pae_group_addr=1
132 ##### Integrated EAP server ###################################################
134 # Optionally, hostapd can be configured to use an integrated EAP server
135 # to process EAP authentication locally without need for an external RADIUS
136 # server. This functionality can be used both as a local authentication server
137 # for IEEE 802.1X/EAPOL and as a RADIUS server for other devices.
139 # Use integrated EAP server instead of external RADIUS authentication
140 # server. This is also needed if hostapd is configured to act as a RADIUS
141 # authentication server.
144 # Path for EAP server user database
145 #eap_user_file=/etc/hostapd.eap_user
147 # CA certificate (PEM or DER file) for EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS
148 #ca_cert=/etc/hostapd.ca.pem
150 # Server certificate (PEM or DER file) for EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS
151 #server_cert=/etc/hostapd.server.pem
153 # Private key matching with the server certificate for EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS
154 # This may point to the same file as server_cert if both certificate and key
155 # are included in a single file. PKCS#12 (PFX) file (.p12/.pfx) can also be
156 # used by commenting out server_cert and specifying the PFX file as the
158 #private_key=/etc/hostapd.server.prv
160 # Passphrase for private key
161 #private_key_passwd=secret passphrase
163 # Enable CRL verification.
164 # Note: hostapd does not yet support CRL downloading based on CDP. Thus, a
165 # valid CRL signed by the CA is required to be included in the ca_cert file.
166 # This can be done by using PEM format for CA certificate and CRL and
167 # concatenating these into one file. Whenever CRL changes, hostapd needs to be
168 # restarted to take the new CRL into use.
169 # 0 = do not verify CRLs (default)
170 # 1 = check the CRL of the user certificate
171 # 2 = check all CRLs in the certificate path
174 # Configuration data for EAP-SIM database/authentication gateway interface.
175 # This is a text string in implementation specific format. The example
176 # implementation in eap_sim_db.c uses this as the file name for the GSM
177 # authentication triplets.
178 #eap_sim_db=/etc/hostapd.sim_db
181 ##### IEEE 802.11f - Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP) #######################
183 # Interface to be used for IAPP broadcast packets
187 ##### RADIUS client configuration #############################################
188 # for IEEE 802.1X with external Authentication Server, IEEE 802.11
189 # authentication with external ACL for MAC addresses, and accounting
191 # The own IP address of the access point (used as NAS-IP-Address)
192 #own_ip_addr=127.0.0.1
194 # Optional NAS-Identifier string for RADIUS messages. When used, this should be
195 # a unique to the NAS within the scope of the RADIUS server. For example, a
196 # fully qualified domain name can be used here.
197 #nas_identifier=ap.example.com
199 # RADIUS authentication server
200 #auth_server_addr=127.0.0.1
201 #auth_server_port=1812
202 #auth_server_shared_secret=secret
204 # RADIUS accounting server
205 #acct_server_addr=127.0.0.1
206 #acct_server_port=1813
207 #acct_server_shared_secret=secret
209 # Secondary RADIUS servers; to be used if primary one does not reply to
210 # RADIUS packets. These are optional and there can be more than one secondary
212 #auth_server_addr=127.0.0.2
213 #auth_server_port=1812
214 #auth_server_shared_secret=secret2
216 #acct_server_addr=127.0.0.2
217 #acct_server_port=1813
218 #acct_server_shared_secret=secret2
220 # Retry interval for trying to return to the primary RADIUS server (in
221 # seconds). RADIUS client code will automatically try to use the next server
222 # when the current server is not replying to requests. If this interval is set,
223 # primary server will be retried after configured amount of time even if the
224 # currently used secondary server is still working.
225 #radius_retry_primary_interval=600
228 # Interim accounting update interval
229 # If this is set (larger than 0) and acct_server is configured, hostapd will
230 # send interim accounting updates every N seconds. Note: if set, this overrides
231 # possible Acct-Interim-Interval attribute in Access-Accept message. Thus, this
232 # value should not be configured in hostapd.conf, if RADIUS server is used to
233 # control the interim interval.
234 # This value should not be less 600 (10 minutes) and must not be less than
236 #radius_acct_interim_interval=600
239 ##### RADIUS authentication server configuration ##############################
241 # hostapd can be used as a RADIUS authentication server for other hosts. This
242 # requires that the integrated EAP authenticator is also enabled and both
243 # authentication services are sharing the same configuration.
245 # File name of the RADIUS clients configuration for the RADIUS server. If this
246 # commented out, RADIUS server is disabled.
247 #radius_server_clients=/etc/hostapd.radius_clients
249 # The UDP port number for the RADIUS authentication server
250 #radius_server_auth_port=1812
252 # Use IPv6 with RADIUS server (IPv4 will also be supported using IPv6 API)
253 #radius_server_ipv6=1
256 ##### WPA/IEEE 802.11i configuration ##########################################
258 # Enable WPA. Setting this variable configures the AP to require WPA (either
259 # WPA-PSK or WPA-RADIUS/EAP based on other configuration). For WPA-PSK, either
260 # wpa_psk or wpa_passphrase must be set and wpa_key_mgmt must include WPA-PSK.
261 # For WPA-RADIUS/EAP, ieee8021x must be set (but without dynamic WEP keys),
262 # RADIUS authentication server must be configured, and WPA-EAP must be included
264 # This field is a bit field that can be used to enable WPA (IEEE 802.11i/D3.0)
265 # and/or WPA2 (full IEEE 802.11i/RSN):
267 # bit1 = IEEE 802.11i/RSN (WPA2) (dot11RSNAEnabled)
270 # WPA pre-shared keys for WPA-PSK. This can be either entered as a 256-bit
271 # secret in hex format (64 hex digits), wpa_psk, or as an ASCII passphrase
272 # (8..63 characters) that will be converted to PSK. This conversion uses SSID
273 # so the PSK changes when ASCII passphrase is used and the SSID is changed.
274 # wpa_psk (dot11RSNAConfigPSKValue)
275 # wpa_passphrase (dot11RSNAConfigPSKPassPhrase)
276 #wpa_psk=0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef
277 #wpa_passphrase=secret passphrase
279 # Optionally, WPA PSKs can be read from a separate text file (containing list
280 # of (PSK,MAC address) pairs. This allows more than one PSK to be configured.
281 # Use absolute path name to make sure that the files can be read on SIGHUP
282 # configuration reloads.
283 #wpa_psk_file=/etc/hostapd.wpa_psk
285 # Set of accepted key management algorithms (WPA-PSK, WPA-EAP, or both). The
286 # entries are separated with a space.
287 # (dot11RSNAConfigAuthenticationSuitesTable)
288 #wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK WPA-EAP
290 # Set of accepted cipher suites (encryption algorithms) for pairwise keys
291 # (unicast packets). This is a space separated list of algorithms:
292 # CCMP = AES in Counter mode with CBC-MAC [RFC 3610, IEEE 802.11i/D7.0]
293 # TKIP = Temporal Key Integrity Protocol [IEEE 802.11i/D7.0]
294 # Group cipher suite (encryption algorithm for broadcast and multicast frames)
295 # is automatically selected based on this configuration. If only CCMP is
296 # allowed as the pairwise cipher, group cipher will also be CCMP. Otherwise,
297 # TKIP will be used as the group cipher.
298 # (dot11RSNAConfigPairwiseCiphersTable)
299 #wpa_pairwise=TKIP CCMP
301 # Time interval for rekeying GTK (broadcast/multicast encryption keys) in
302 # seconds. (dot11RSNAConfigGroupRekeyTime)
305 # Rekey GTK when any STA that possesses the current GTK is leaving the BSS.
306 # (dot11RSNAConfigGroupRekeyStrict)
309 # Time interval for rekeying GMK (master key used internally to generate GTKs
313 # Enable IEEE 802.11i/RSN/WPA2 pre-authentication. This is used to speed up
314 # roaming be pre-authenticating IEEE 802.1X/EAP part of the full RSN
315 # authentication and key handshake before actually associating with a new AP.
316 # (dot11RSNAPreauthenticationEnabled)
319 # Space separated list of interfaces from which pre-authentication frames are
320 # accepted (e.g., 'eth0' or 'eth0 wlan0wds0'. This list should include all
321 # interface that are used for connections to other APs. This could include
322 # wired interfaces and WDS links. The normal wireless data interface towards
323 # associated stations (e.g., wlan0) should not be added, since
324 # pre-authentication is only used with APs other than the currently associated
326 #rsn_preauth_interfaces=eth0