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FS#79107 - [hostapd] systemd service only allows for one instance
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Opened by Adam Nielsen (Malvineous) - Saturday, 15 July 2023, 10:03 GMT
Last edited by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Thursday, 10 August 2023, 01:34 GMT
Opened by Adam Nielsen (Malvineous) - Saturday, 15 July 2023, 10:03 GMT
Last edited by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Thursday, 10 August 2023, 01:34 GMT
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DetailsCurrently the systemd .service file that Arch adds to the hostapd package only permits a single instance of hostapd to run. If you have multiple WiFi interfaces and you want to run an AP on more than one, you cannot do it.
I would like to request the `hostapd.service` file be duplicated as `hostapd@.service` and then modified so that instead of passing `/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf` on the command line, `/etc/hostapd/%i.conf` be passed instead. This would not break backwards compatibility, but it would allow a command like `systemctl start hostapd@wlan1` to be run to read in an alternate config file, allowing operation across multiple WiFi interfaces. |
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Closed by Sergej Pupykin (sergej)
Thursday, 10 August 2023, 01:34 GMT
Reason for closing: Implemented
Thursday, 10 August 2023, 01:34 GMT
Reason for closing: Implemented