ath10k with hostapd

[Michal Kazior]

On 5 August 2014 14:59, Hayat, Samira <Samira.Hayat at aau.at> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been trying to get hostapd running for 80211ac. I have a card
> that supports n/ac. I used backports to get ath10k running on my kernel.
> the output of
>
> lsmod | grep ath10k
>
> is:
>
> ath10k_pci             41185     0
> ath10k_core           137353  1 ath10k_pci
> mac80211              613458  1 ath10k_core
> ath                           28966    1 ath10k_core
> cfg80211                 586956  3 ath10k_core,mac80211,ath
> compat                    29841    3 ath10k_pci,mac80211,cfg80211
>
> I have tried running hostapd with config_80211n and config_80211ac
> enabled in the .config file. Even having done that, I get
>
> Configuration file: ./hostapd-minimal.conf
> Line 8: unknown configuration item 'ht_capab'
> Line 9: unknown configuration item 'ieee80211n'
> Line 10: unknown configuration item 'ieee80211ac'
> Line 11: unknown configuration item 'vht_oper_chwidth'
> Line 12: unknown configuration item 'vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx'
> 5 errors found in configuration file './hostapd-minimal.conf'
> Failed to set up interface with ./hostapd-minimal.conf
> Failed to initialize interface

Your hostapd doesn't seem to have 11n nor 11ac support compiled in.
You might reconsider taking a look at your hostapd's .config file
again. You can compare it with mine: http://pastebin.com/NG58DWuq


Michał