Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gr-ieee 802.11 and integration with linux stack (wpa_supplicant)

[Bastian Bloessl]

Hi,

On 12/06/2016 12:35 PM, Manolis Surligas wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> we have done it two years ago as part of my master thesis and it works
> like a charm! The SDR IEEE 802.11 implementation can be configured as AP
> using hostapd or adhoc via the network manager. We had some problems
> making it work as a normal client however.
>
> Our approach has a kernel module that provides an interface for
> receiving and sending PDUs from/to SDR PHY. Internally, the kernel
> module communicates with the mac80211 for passing around these PDUs.


wow that sounds cool. Would it be possible to share the code? I would 
love to give this a try.

Best,
Bastian



> On 12/06/2016 06:21 AM, Bastian Bloessl wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > > On 5 Dec 2016, at 21:10, sumitstop <address@hidden
> > > <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone tried integration of gr-ieee 802.11 with Linux stack
> > > (wpa_supplicant)?
> >
> >
> > I guess no, but since it doesn’t have a standard compliant MAC layer
> > that might be of limited benefit.
> >
> > If you really want to look into integrating it in Linux, I would
> > implement it as virtual WiFi device, similar to hwsim
> > (https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/mac80211_hwsim).
> > Then the higher layer stuff like hostap and wpa_supplicant would just
> > work out of the box.
> >
> > Best,
> > Bastian