1HOSTAPD(8)                          hostapd                         HOSTAPD(8)
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NAME

6       hostapd - IEEE 802.11 AP, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator
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SYNOPSIS

9       hostapd [-hdBKtv] [-P <PID file>] <configuration file(s)>
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DESCRIPTION

12       This manual page documents briefly the hostapd daemon.
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14       hostapd  is  a  user  space  daemon for access point and authentication
15       servers.  It implements  IEEE  802.11  access  point  management,  IEEE
16       802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP  Authenticators  and  RADIUS authentication server.
17       The current version supports Linux (Host AP, madwifi, Prism54  drivers)
18       and FreeBSD (net80211).
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20       hostapd  is  designed  to  be a "daemon" program that runs in the back‐
21       ground and acts as the backend  component  controlling  authentication.
22       hostapd  supports  separate frontend programs and an example text-based
23       frontend, hostapd_cli, is included with hostapd.
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OPTIONS

26       A summary of options is included below.  For  a  complete  description,
27       run hostapd from the command line.
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29       -h     Show usage.
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31       -d     Show more debug messages.
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35       -B     Run daemon in the background.
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37       -P <PID file>
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40       -K     Include key data in debug messages.
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44       -v     Show hostapd version.
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SEE ALSO

47       hostapd_cli(1).
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AUTHOR

50       hostapd was written by Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>.
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52       This  manual page was written by Faidon Liambotis <faidon@cube.gr>, for
53       the Debian project (but may be used by others).
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57hostapd                         April  7, 2005                      HOSTAPD(8)