From 98deb873545deae4f475c3f54451cda0693c29e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?F=C3=A9lix=20Baylac-Jacqu=C3=A9?= Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 21:33:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] hostapd: Add noscan mode. Applies OpenWRT's noscan patch to hostapd and the relevant option to the hostapd module. This noscan patch adds a new `noscan` option allowing us to create some overlapping BSSs in HT40+/- mode. Note: this option is disabled by default, we leave this up to the end user whether it should be enabled or not. Not being able to create those overlapping BSSs is basically preventing us to use 802.11n in any urban area where chances to overlap with another SSID are extremely high. The patch we are using is a courtesy of the openwrt team and is applied to the defaul hostapd package in both OpenWRT and Archlinux. --- nixos/modules/services/networking/hostapd.nix | 13 +++++++++++-- pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix | 10 ++++++++-- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/hostapd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/hostapd.nix index 7add48308f8..a3407888496 100644 --- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/hostapd.nix +++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/hostapd.nix @@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ let ctrl_interface=/run/hostapd ctrl_interface_group=${cfg.group} - ${if cfg.wpa then '' + ${optionalString cfg.wpa '' wpa=2 wpa_passphrase=${cfg.wpaPassphrase} - '' else ""} + ''} + ${optionalString cfg.noScan "noscan=1"} ${cfg.extraConfig} '' ; @@ -69,6 +70,14 @@ in ''; }; + noScan = mkOption { + default = false; + description = '' + Do not scan for overlapping BSSs in HT40+/- mode. + Caution: turning this on will violate regulatory requirements! + ''; + }; + driver = mkOption { default = "nl80211"; example = "hostapd"; diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix index 73174779c8c..1ec98cb9c51 100644 --- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix +++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix @@ -1,7 +1,11 @@ { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libnl, openssl, sqlite ? null }: with stdenv.lib; -stdenv.mkDerivation rec { +let noScanPatch = fetchurl { + url="https://git.telliq.com/gtu/openwrt/raw/master/package/network/services/hostapd/patches/300-noscan.patch"; + sha256 = "04wg4yjc19wmwk6gia067z99gzzk9jacnwxh5wyia7k5wg71yj5k"; + }; +in stdenv.mkDerivation rec { name = "hostapd-${version}"; version = "2.8"; @@ -13,6 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec { nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ]; buildInputs = [ libnl openssl sqlite ]; + patches = [ noScanPatch ]; + outputs = [ "out" "man" ]; extraConfig = '' @@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec { repositories.git = git://w1.fi/hostap.git; description = "A user space daemon for access point and authentication servers"; license = licenses.gpl2; - maintainers = with maintainers; [ phreedom ]; + maintainers = with maintainers; [ phreedom ninjatrappeur ]; platforms = platforms.linux; }; }