Configure AP using hostap vs using wireless tools.

[Anand Moon]

Hi All,
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I have been doing some reconfiguration of my wireless router.
So we are using command tools like iwpriv and iwconfig.
for example:
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iwconfig ath0 essid 'GoToHell'
iwpriv ath0 hide_ssid 0
iwpriv ath0 ppa 1
iwpriv wifi0 setCountryID 840
iwconfig ath0 channel 6
iwpriv ath0 doth 0
iwpriv ath0 ap_bridge 0
iwconfig ath0 txpower 30
iwpriv ath0 bintval 400
iwpriv ath0 dtim_period 3
iwconfig ath0 rts 256
iwconfig ath0 frag 2346
iwpriv ath0 wmm 1
iwpriv ath0 powersave 1
iwpriv ath0 hbrtimer 1
iwpriv ath0 protmode 1
iwconfig ath0 rate auto
iwpriv ath0 disablecoext 1
iwpriv ath0 inact_init 90
iwpriv ath0 doth 1
iwpriv ath0 doth_pwrtgt 26
iwpriv ath0 cwmin 3 1 2
iwpriv ath0 cwmax 1 0 5
iwpriv ath0 txoplimit 0 0 1024
iwpriv ath0 aifs 0 0 3
iwpriv ath0 acm 0 1 1
iwpriv ath0 chwidth 2
iwpriv ath0 chextoffset 3
iwpriv ath0 uapsd 1
iwpriv ath0 maccmd 3
iwpriv ath0 maccmd 0
iwpriv ath0 wpa 3
iwpriv ath0 ap_bridge 0
iwpriv ath0 wds 0
ifconfig ath0 up
iwconfig ath0 channel 6
ifconfig ath0 down
ifconfig ath0 up
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Along with this we also configure hostapd.conf with almost similar settings.
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So my question is that can we just user the hostapd hostapd.conf configuration to set up AP,
Eliminating the wireless tools setting.
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Please share your thought on this.
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-Anand Moon
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