I am very excited to use the interworking functionality of hostapd! I aim to do a network redirection once a client connects to my RPI access point. I am following this tutorial for RPI AP. In the hostapd reference The Interworking section contains a possible answer to making a captive portal (without authentication) to open a clients browser and direct it to my node.js server running on port 8001.
# Network Authentication Type
# This parameter indicates what type of network authentication is used in the
# network.
# format: <network auth type indicator (1-octet hex str)> [redirect URL]
# Network Authentication Type Indicator values:
# 00 = Acceptance of terms and conditions
# 01 = On-line enrollment supported
# 02 = http/https redirection
# 03 = DNS redirection
#network_auth_type=00
#network_auth_type=02http://www.example.com/redirect/me/here/
I have a few questions.
Is there any documentation of RPI AP tests with any interworking functioning? I can't seem to find much. If anyone has tested this let me know!
Do I need other parameters to configure this interworking in my hostapd.conf? Right now I have the following and tested with countless variations adding and removing lines from the ieee802.11u interworking section.
interface=wlan0 driver=nl80211 ssid=RpiScopeSpot hw_mode=g channel=7 wmm_enabled=0 macaddr_acl=0 auth_algs=1 ignore_broadcast_ssid=0 wpa=2 wpa_passphrase=rpiscope wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK wpa_pairwise=TKIP rsn_pairwise=CCMP #IEEE 802.11u-2011 #Enable Interworking service interworking=1 access_network_type=4 internet=1 asra=1 esr=1 uesa=1 venue_group=2 venue_type=1 hessid=00:00:00:00:00:01 roaming_consortium=01010101 venue_name=eng:rpi Test Venue network_auth_type=02http://192.168.50.10:8001 ipaddr_type_availability=04 domain_name=192.168.50.10 anqp_3gpp_cell_net=055,54 nai_realm=0,192.168.50.10,13[5:6],21[2:4][5:7]
I have tested the following network_auth_type=02https://www.google.com & network_auth_type=02http://192.168.50.1 with no success.
- What exactly happens when a client connects to the my AP on both the RPI and client? I am asking because I would like to somehow catch this behaviour and manually open some browser on the client side.
I am logging all the hostapd and unable to see anything about this interworking running. I am logging by adding DAEMON_OPTS="-dd -t -f /home/pi/hostapd.log" to my /etc/default/hostapd. I am testing the results each time with sudo systemctl status hostapd and don't see any interworking behaviours.
- I have seen many RPI captive portal using Nodogsplash project that uses a possible NDS. What is happening here? I am working through this project to work through what I am able to use. This project is simply overkill for what I need.
By default, NDS blocks everything, but intercepts port 80 requests. An initial port 80 request will be generated on a client device, either by the >user manually browsing to an http web page, or automatically by the client >device’s built in Captive Portal Detection (CPD).
Additionally this is the closest thing I can see of someone at least referencing this hostapd in a different environment.
If anyone has any leads or can help answer any of my questions i'd appreciate it! :)
