Hostapd and MCS rates

[Avinash Patil]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Mathieu Slabbinck
<matty.slabbinck at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to force my AP into an mcs indexed bitrate but there's not
> to much information I can find around this.
>
> Can anyone provide some information on how to force hostapd to set up
> an AP with an MCS rate?

I think hostapd configures basic and extended rates only. If you want
to force using MCS rates your best bet is iw utility.

"iw --help" yields this:

    dev <devname> set bitrates [legacy-<2.4|5> <legacy rate in Mbps>*]
[ht-mcs-<2.4|5> <MCS index>*] [vht-mcs-<2.4|5> <NSS:MCSx,MCSy... |
NSS:MCSx-MCSy>*] [sgi-2.4|lgi-2.4] [sgi-5|lgi-5]
        Sets up the specified rate masks.
        Not passing any arguments would clear the existing mask (if any).

> Kind regards
>
> Mathieu
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-Avinash