internal WPS Registrar to manage addition of new WPS enabled clients
to the network. In addition, WPS Enrollee functionality in hostapd can
be used to allow external WPS Registrars to configure the access
-point, e.g., for initial network setup. The current version of hostapd
-does not support use of external WPS Registrars for adding new client
-devices.
+point, e.g., for initial network setup. In addition, hostapd can proxy a
+WPS registration between a wireless Enrollee and an external Registrar
+(e.g., Microsoft Vista or Atheros JumpStart) with UPnP.
hostapd configuration
CFLAGS += -I/usr/src/madwifi-0.9.3
CONFIG_EAP=y
CONFIG_WPS=y
+CONFIG_WPS_UPNP=y
Following section shows an example runtime configuration
# WPS configuration (AP configured, do not allow external WPS Registrars)
wps_state=2
ap_setup_locked=1
+# If UUID is not configured, it will be generated based on local MAC address.
uuid=87654321-9abc-def0-1234-56789abc0000
wps_pin_requests=/var/run/hostapd.pin-req
device_name=Wireless AP
os_version=01020300
config_methods=label display push_button keypad
+# if external Registrars are allowed, UPnP support could be added:
+#upnp_iface=br0
+#friendly_name=WPS Access Point
+
External operations
-------------------
Example line in the /var/run/hostapd.pin-req file:
1200188391 53b63a98-d29e-4457-a2ed-094d7e6a669c Intel(R) Centrino(R) Intel Corporation Intel(R) Centrino(R) - - 1-0050F204-1
+Control interface data:
+WPS-PIN-NEEDED [UUID-E|MAC Address|Device Name|Manufacturer|Model Name|Model Number|Serial Number|Device Category]
+For example:
+<2>WPS-PIN-NEEDED [53b63a98-d29e-4457-a2ed-094d7e6a669c|02:12:34:56:78:9a|Device|Manuf|Model|Model Number|Serial Number|1-0050F204-1]
When the user enters a PIN for a pending Enrollee, e.g., on the web
UI), hostapd needs to be notified of the new PIN over the control
hostapd_cli wps_pin 53b63a98-d29e-4457-a2ed-094d7e6a669c 12345670
+If the UUID-E is not available (e.g., Enrollee waits for the Registrar
+to be selected before connecting), wildcard UUID may be used to allow
+the PIN to be used once with any UUID:
+
+hostapd_cli wps_pin any 12345670
+
+To reduce likelihood of PIN being used with other devices or of
+forgetting an active PIN available for potential attackers, expiration
+time can be set for the new PIN:
+
+hostapd_cli wps_pin any 12345670 300
+
+
After this, the Enrollee can connect to the AP again and complete WPS
negotiation. At that point, a new, random WPA PSK is generated for the
client device and the client can then use that key to connect to the
At this point, the client has two minutes to complete WPS negotiation
which will generate a new WPA PSK in the same way as the PIN method
described above.
+
+
+Credential generation and configuration changes
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+By default, hostapd generates credentials for Enrollees and processing
+AP configuration updates internally. However, it is possible to
+control these operations from external programs, if desired.
+
+The internal credential generation can be disabled with
+skip_cred_build=1 option in the configuration. extra_cred option will
+then need to be used to provide pre-configured Credential attribute(s)
+for hostapd to use. The exact data from this binary file will be sent,
+i.e., it will have to include valid WPS attributes. extra_cred can
+also be used to add additional networks if the Registrar is used to
+configure credentials for multiple networks.
+
+Processing of received configuration updates can be disabled with
+wps_cred_processing=1 option. When this is used, an external program
+is responsible for creating hostapd configuration files and processing
+configuration updates based on messages received from hostapd over
+control interface. This will also include the initial configuration on
+first successful registration if the AP is initially set in
+unconfigured state.
+
+Following control interface messages are sent out for external programs:
+
+WPS-REG-SUCCESS <Enrollee MAC address <UUID-E>
+For example:
+<2>WPS-REG-SUCCESS 02:66:a0:ee:17:27 2b7093f1-d6fb-5108-adbb-bea66bb87333
+
+This can be used to tricker change from unconfigured to configured
+state (random configuration based on the first successful WPS
+registration). In addition, this can be used to update AP UI about the
+status of WPS registration progress.
+
+
+WPS-NEW-AP-SETTINGS <hexdump of AP Setup attributes>
+For example:
+<2>WPS-NEW-AP-SETTINGS 10260001011045000c6a6b6d2d7770732d74657374100300020020100f00020008102700403065346230343536633236366665306433396164313535346131663462663731323433376163666462376633393965353466316631623032306164343438623510200006024231cede15101e000844
+
+This can be used to update the externally stored AP configuration and
+then update hostapd configuration (followed by restarting of hostapd).
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