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Translation - Japanese: Liunx におけるAP-STAのコンカレント動作の設定方法について - KBA229128 - Community Translated (JA)
Question:
How do I set up concurrent APSTA in Linux-based WLAN chips?
Answer:
In order to set up concurrent Access Point (AP) and STA (Station) for WLAN chips hosted by a Linux-based system, you must first install the following utilities and drivers listed as pre-requisites before proceeding with the instructions to set up APSTA.
- The latest FMAC drivers and firmware for the WLAN chip present in the Cypress Developers Community. Follow this link for the latest FMAC driver: https://community.cypress.com/docs/DOC-17441
- iw utility : https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/documentation/iw
- wpa_supplicant and wpa_cli: (Follow this link for setting up the supplicant): https://community.cypress.com/community/linux/blog/2018/03/06/supplicant-in-linux
- hostapd (Follow this link to set up daemon): https://community.cypress.com/community/linux/blog/2017/12/13/setting-up-hostapd-in-linux
Follow these steps to install APSTA in Linux-based WLAN chips:
1. Configure the wpa_supplicant daemon with the credentials/details of the AP to which your STA must connect. For this, modify the wpa_suplicant.conf config file.
>>>vi /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
update_config=1
network={
ssid=<YourSSID> #ssid of your AP to which the STA connects.
psk=<YourPassphrase> #Passphrase of the AP
}
2. Configure the hostapd daemon with credentials/details of the AP that you want to set up.
>>> vi /etc/hostapd.conf
interface=wlan1
channel=11
ssid=<Router-Name>
wpa=1
wpa_passphrase=<Passphrase>
#above are the major changes to made in the hostapd.conf
3. Kill the wpa_supplicant daemon that is already running.
>>>grep -aux | grep wpa_supplicant
>>>killall wpa_supplicant
4. Remove the existing interface of the supplicant.
>>>rm -rf /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0
5. Set up the IP address of the AP and start the wpa_supplicant with the nl80211 driver.
>>>ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.3
>>>wpa_supplicant -D nl80211 -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B &
6. Enable the network and check the status of the connection using the client application of the wpa_supplicant.
>>>wpa_cli -p /var/run/wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 enable_network 0
>>>wpa_cli -p /var/run/wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 status
7. Start the dhcp client that needs to be leased out to an IP from your dhcp server. If your AP/router supports static, you can set up a static IP as well using ifconfig.
>>>udhcpc -i wlan0 up
8. Set up the AP by running the hostapd daemon with the relevant configuration file and entropy binary for 4-way handshake.
>>>./hostapd /etc/hostapd.conf -e entropy.bin -B &