On Sat, 3 Feb 2018, Jouni Malinen wrote:
On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 05:33:06PM -0600, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
Under Linux (a MIPS-based router/bridge device), I am using hostapd with the
'wired' driver (no Wi-Fi support included) and am encountering the issue
that while authentication is successful if the supplicant issues an
unsolicited identity request (e.g. due to unplug/plug the Ethernet cable),
hostapd does not itself initiate authentication by periodically transmitting
EAP-Request Identity frames (to address 01:80:C2:00:00:03) after being
started.
There is no support within hostapd to initiate EAPOL authentication with
the 'wired' driver, i.e., getting something like this working would
depend on external components detecting a port change (cable plugged in)
or some other triggers for initiating.
Is there support with any driver to initiate EAPOL authentication or
does hostapd depend on the natural session-oriented behavior of Wi-Fi
clients for EAPOL authentication to be initiated?
There is quite a lot of code to look at and I am not sure if I am
searching for implementation code which exists at all.
I am looking for a point in the code which can be used to trigger a
server-side initiation of EAPOL authentication. Any clue as to where
to look is appreciated.
Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
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GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
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