[CONF] enable 802.11AC in hostapd

[Alexandre Epert]

Hi,

I've been busy for few days, I can work on that now.

If I understood, you said that it is not possible to initiate AP mode in 5GHz.
I was able to run an AP in 5GHz in A wifi mode, so it is possible on 5GHz.

I may have misunderstood and it is not possible in AC mode. If so, do anyone know a wifi dongle which can work as an AP in AC (on a Raspberry if it matters).


Thanks,

Alexandre EPERT
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> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 13:00:15 +0200
> From: j at w1.fi
> To: alex.epert at hotmail.fr
> Subject: Re: [CONF] enable 802.11AC in hostapd
> CC: hostap at lists.infradead.org
>
> On Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 09:55:10AM +0100, Alexandre Epert wrote:
>> I was able to make it work on 5GHz band in A mode but not in AC mode.
>>
>> I think it is related to VHT options and other AC related options but I can't figure how to make it work.
>>
>> I've linked the full iw list print for my dongle.
>
> The driver indicates that only the channel 36, i.e., only 20 MHz, on the
> 5 GHz band is available for AP mode operations. All other 5 GHz band
> channels are marked "no IR" which means AP mode cannot be initiated
> there. 80 MHz VHT cannot be enabled with such a driver state. Based on
> that output, it looks like this is in some kind of "world roaming"
> configuration which is not really suitable for running AP mode
> operations on 5 GHz.
>
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