actually encrypted over the virtual air interface to allow more
complete testing of encryption.
+A global monitoring netdev, hwsim#, is created independent of
+mac80211. This interface can be used to monitor all transmitted frames
+regardless of channel.
+
Simple example
care of WPA2-PSK authentication. In addition, hostapd is also
processing access point side of association.
-Please note that the currently released Linux kernel (2.6.25) does not
-enable AP mode, so a simple patch is needed to enable AP mode selection:
-http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/006-allow-ap-vlan-modes.patch
-
-
-# Build mac80211_hwsim:
-make
-
-# Load the module
-insmod ./mac80211_hwsim.ko
+# Load the module (needs to be built into your kernel)
+modprobe mac80211_hwsim
# Run hostapd (AP) for wlan0
hostapd hostapd.conf