On 11/13/2015 10:36 PM, Dan Egli wrote: > Hey folks, perhaps my google foo isn't up to snuff today. I've been looking > for articles that help me understand exactly how to setup hostapd on gentoo > using systemd, and I'm not finding anything.
I'm not sure what systemd has to do with the setup. As far as I can tell, you set up hostapd the same as you've done before. The only thing different is that the service is started via systemd instead of the old init script. I think you may be over-thinking the problem here. Learn how to manipulate services under systemd (using systemctl), then configure hostapd, and start it up. As I've mentioned before, I've been down this road before of trying to make an AP out of a normal linux box, but I've had nothing but troubles. Hostapd would hang after a few days, the wifi device would flake out, etc. So now I just hang the wifi off my network in bridged mode (normal AP, disable DHCP, plug it in to a LAN port, not WAN). DHCP, DNS, routing, web filtering are still all done by my linux mini Fit PC. This is more convenient for me as I can replace the wireless unit at any time, and have more horsepower on the router as well (consumer wireless devices are pretty wimpy). Another advantage to this scheme is it can scale better. In the future, I may move to the new Ubiquiti access points which support more enterprisey features like seamless hand-offs. Currently I have three different cheapo access points on my network. I tried making them all have the same SSID, but I found none of my devices would automatically grab the strongest one. Maybe with the Ubiquiti units it would be better. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
