Port details
hostapd210 IEEE 802.11 AP, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator
2.10_10 net Σ 2.10_10Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. Maintainer: cy@FreeBSD.org Port Added: 2024-07-21 13:09:39Last Update: 2026-09-30 21:53:53Commit Hash: ba99f4d People watching this port, also watch: rt50 , monit , tmux , python311 License: BSD3CLAUSEWWW: https://w1.fi/hostapd/ Description: # hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication
servers. It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE
802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators, RADIUS client, EAP server, and
RADIUS authentication server. The current version supports Linux
(Host AP, madwifi, mac80211-based drivers) and FreeBSD (net80211).
Add the following to /etc/rc.conf to use the ports version instead
of the base version:
hostapd_program="/usr/local/sbin/hostapd" Manual pages: #
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist # USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines :
hostapd210>0:net/hostapd210 No installation instructions: This port has been deleted. PKGNAME: hostapd210 Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port. # distinfo: # TIMESTAMP = 1642436112
SHA256 (hostapd-2.10.tar.gz) = 206e7c799b678572c2e3d12030238784bc4a9f82323b0156b4c9466f1498915d
SIZE (hostapd-2.10.tar.gz) = 2440435
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC): #
Dependencies # NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered. Build dependencies: #
gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
There are no ports dependent upon this port # Configuration Options : # No options to configure Options name : # net_hostapd210 USES: # cpe gmake ssl
pkg-message: # For install: Add the following to /etc/rc.conf to use the ports version instead
of the base version:
hostapd_program="/usr/local/sbin/hostapd"
Master Sites: #
Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page) Commit Credits Log message 2.10_10 Rene Ladan (rene) net/hostapd210: Remove expired port
2026-09-30 net/hostapd210: Unsupported by upstream 2.10_10 Cy Schubert (cy) net/hostapd210: Accelerate removal
This software is insecure. Let's accelerate its removal. 2.10_10 Cy Schubert (cy) net/hostapd210: Deprecate and expire
No longer supported by upstream. 2.10_10 Cy Schubert (cy) net/hostapd210: Clone net/hostapd to net/hostapd210
We clone net/hostapd to net/hostapd210 in preparation for the
hostapd update to 2.11. In case anyone is having issues with it
they can fall back to net/hostapd210.
