2023-05-05 (cinco de mayo)
Upgrade hostapd to support WiFi 6
Compile and install hostapd v2.11-devel on Raspberry Pi OS
Purpose: As of this date, the Raspberry Pi OS uses hostapd v2.9 and we need a later version to work with WiFi 6 and WiFi 6e.
Tested on: Raspberry Pi OS 64 bit, the 2023-05-03 version.
Install hostapd (if not already installed):
sudo apt install hostapd
Activate hostapd (if not already activated):
sudo systemctl unmask hostapd
sudo systemctl enable hostapd
Install git:
sudo apt install git
Clone hostapd:
Note: I use a directory call src in my home directory.
mkdir -p ~/src
cd ~/src
git clone git://w1.fi/srv/git/hostap.git
Move to hostapd directory:
cd hostap/hostapd
Copy default settings to .config:
cp defconfig .config
Edit .config:
nano .config
or
geany .config
or use your favorite text editor
Activate the following: (uncomment, if not already uncommented)
CONFIG_DRIVER_HOSTAP=y
CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y
CONFIG_LIBNL32=y
CONFIG_RSN_PREAUTH=y
CONFIG_EAP=y
CONFIG_ERP=y
CONFIG_EAP_MD5=y
CONFIG_EAP_TLS=y
CONFIG_EAP_MSCHAPV2=y
CONFIG_EAP_PEAP=y
CONFIG_EAP_GTC=y
CONFIG_EAP_TTLS=y
CONFIG_IPV6=y
CONFIG_IEEE80211R=y
CONFIG_WNM=y
CONFIG_IEEE80211AC=y
CONFIG_IEEE80211AX=y
CONFIG_SAE=y
CONFIG_SAE_PK=y
CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE=y
CONFIG_NO_RANDOM_POOL=y
CONFIG_GETRANDOM=y
CONFIG_ELOOP_EPOLL=y
CONFIG_ACS=y
CONFIG_NO_TKIP=y
Save the file
Get and install dependencies
apt show hostapd
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~) Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), lsb-base
Note: Some of the below packages may already be installed.
sudo apt install -y build-essential init-system-helpers libc6 lsb-base
sudo apt install -y libnl-3-200 libnl-genl-3-200 libnl-route-3-200
sudo apt install -y libnl-3-dev libnl-genl-3-dev libssl-dev
Compile hostapd:
make
Copy hostapd executable over installed executable:
sudo cp hostapd_cli /usr/sbin/hostapd_cli
sudo systemctl disable hostapd
sudo reboot
cd ~/src/hostap/hostapd
sudo cp hostapd /usr/sbin/hostapd
sudo systemctl enable hostapd
sudo reboot
Check:
hostapd -v