Which wpad is the right one?

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
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Dear OpenWRT community,

it's kind of confusing when selecting the right wpad package. There are 3 packages with identical description and similar size. They all claim to be fully featured. What's the use case for a, b or c?

Basically I'd like to achieve 802.11r (fast roaming). 2 APs + 1 router. APs connect as WDS clients to router, and offer same SSID on different channels (AP).

~> opkg list | grep 'This package contains a full featured IEEE 802.1x/WPA/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator and Supplicant'
wpad - 2019-08-08-ca8c2bd2-3 - This package contains a full featured IEEE 802.1x/WPA/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator and Supplicant
wpad-openssl - 2019-08-08-ca8c2bd2-3 - This package contains a full featured IEEE 802.1x/WPA/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator and Supplicant
wpad-wolfssl - 2019-08-08-ca8c2bd2-3 - This package contains a full featured IEEE 802.1x/WPA/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator and Supplicant

~> opkg info wpad | grep Size
Size: 522324

~> opkg info wpad-openssl | grep Size
Size: 521739

~> opkg info wpad-wolfssl | grep Size
Size: 517471

Maybe all the 3 options will do the job. But would like to understand the difference of the packages.

thanks in advance

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The ssl variants are required for WPA3 and the two ssl variants uses different dynamic linked ssl libraries as you see in the depends section of opkg info.

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The default wpad-basic already include support for 802.11r. Not sure about WDS, but all 3 packages listed should have it.

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Didn't see the WPA3 option before you mentioned it.
As there's plenty of flash, I'll go with wpad-openssl to open up all options.

Thanks to both of you!