On 15/10/2022 20:04, Dan Hayes wrote:
I've installed AlmaLinux 9.0 on a machine with eth/wifi ports. The
machine connects to my network via ethernet. I want to set the machine
up as an AP for wifi clients within range using hostapd. I've
installed hostapd-2.10-1.el9.x86_64.
I have everything working except DHCP. If I manually configure IP/DNS
on wireless client and then connect to hostapd, the wireless client
works fine. Since I already have a DHCP server on the network and
want to setup multiple linux hostapd servers in different locations, I
want to use a single DHCP instance for all hostapd servers.
If I'm understanding it correctly, the documentation in
/usr/share/doc/hostapd/hostapd.conf seems to support this:
# DHCP server for FILS HLP
FILS is Fast Initial Link Setup. It's an optional feature to reduce the
number of round trips when connecting to an access point. Many, if not
most, devices do not support this feature, so your DHCP setup must work
without this option. If it doesn't then there is a problem.
You can probably check with tcpdump or wireshark to see where dhcp/bootp
packets are dropped.
If your DHCP server is not directly accessible from br0, then install a
DHCP relay.
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