[CONF] enable 802.11AC in hostapd

[Krishna Chaitanya]

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 2:44 AM, Jouni Malinen <j at w1.fi> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 05:45:45PM +0100, Alexandre Epert wrote:
> > wlan1: IEEE 802.11 Configured channel (36) not found from the channel list of current mode (0) IEEE 802.11b
>
> hw_mode was not set correctly.
>
> > Here is my hostapd.conf file :
> >
> > interface=wlan1
> > bridge=br0
> > #hw_mode=a
> > channel=36
>
> Why was that hw_mode commented out? Uncommenting that should resolve the
> issue.

This is is the most common mistake we see when new people try the hostapd.
hw_mode is misleading to think that valid values are a/b/g/n/ac, its
better to rename it as
a freq_band don't you think?