Installing hostapd
The first thing that we have to do is to make sure that we have the latest version of hostapd
, and we can do this with the following commands:
apt-get update apt-get install hostapd
![Installing hostapd](https://static.packt-cdn.com/products/9781784390204/graphics/graphics/0204OS_06_01.jpg)
As you can see in the previous screenshot, we have the latest version installed.
Now that we know we have the latest version installed, it is time to edit the /etc/default/hostapd
configuration file, as follows:
nano /etc/default/hostapd
We need to add the following line to the file:
DAEMON_CONF="/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf"
This is how your hostapd
file should look:
# Defaults for hostapd initscript
#
# See /usr/share/doc/hostapd/README.Debian for information about alternative
# methods of managing hostapd.
#
# Uncomment and set DAEMON_CONF to the absolute path of a hostapd configuration
# file and hostapd will be started during system boot. An example configuration
# file can be found at /usr/share/doc/hostapd/examples/hostapd.conf.gz
#
DAEMON_CONF="/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf"...