hostap

hostap is a Linux tool for debugging 802.11 wireless devices. It provides an out of the box solution for eavesdropping on Wi-Fi devices for testing purposes. This is achieved by setting up a local wireless network on an interface that supports AP mode then routing traffic to the external network.

Warning

This tool currently requires root access for the following:

• Allow NetworkManager to ignore the selected interface
• Bring up/down the selected wireless interface using iproute2
• Use sysctl to forward ipv4 packets
• Manipulate the host's internal routing table to forward ip packets

Dependencies

• NetworkMananger (only supported manager currently)
• iproute2
• hostapd
• dhcpd
• iptables

Tested Network Adapters

To use this tool, you must have a dongle or local wireless interface that supports AP mode.

Supported adaptors:

• Alfa AWUS036NHA

Quick Start

1. Select your wireless interface from the following list:

ip link

2. Bring up a network on the selected interface:

hostap -i <interface>

Related Projects

• create_ap

License

Licensed under either of

• Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
• MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.

Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.