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Re: Does mac80211 support ap mode

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> > I read the mac80211 code. I found only the STA, IBSS and Mesh_Point
> > interface type are processed by the code. So does it support the ap
> > mode.
> 
> Yes, it does.  I'd suggest using hostapd as your AP daemon and the
> nl80211 hostap driver.  While it's still under pretty heavy development,
> it all should be fairly usable.  Johannes Berg would probably have a
> more up-to-date description of the status of the hostapd nl80211 driver
> and mac80211 AP-mode support.

As for drivers, b43 is known to work (I test this), rt2500pci seems to
have some trouble (Bas Hulsken was trying it) and I don't know about any
others.

johannes

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