Add backward compatibility for hostapd v2.5 and older

digiblur · Nov 18, 2019 · 9cfa0f4 · 9cfa0f4
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diff --git a/scripts/setup_ap.sh b/scripts/setup_ap.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ setup () {
 		--address=/#/$GATEWAY
 
 	echo "Starting AP on $WLAN..."
-	sudo hostapd hostapd.conf -i $WLAN
+
+	# Read hostapd.conf with interface from stdin for
+	# backward compatibility (hostapd < v2.6). See #398
+	echo -e "`cat hostapd.conf`\ninterface=$WLAN" | sudo hostapd /dev/stdin
 }
 
 cleanup () {