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.
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
- NetworkMananger (only supported manager currently)
- iproute2
- hostapd
- dhcpd
- iptables
To use this tool, you must have a dongle or local wireless interface that supports AP mode.
Supported adaptors:
- Alfa AWUS036NHA
- Select your wireless interface from the following list:
ip link- Bring up a network on the selected interface:
hostap -i <interface>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)
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