[CONF] enable 802.11AC in hostapd

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Mon Jan 11 06:30:22 PST 2016


On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 02:39:11PM +0100, Alexandre Epert wrote:
> If I understood, you said that it is not possible to initiate AP mode in 5GHz.

No, I didn't say that. I said that the "iw list" output showed that
only the 20 MHz channel 36 is available on 5 GHz.

> I was able to run an AP in 5GHz in A wifi mode, so it is possible on 5GHz.

And that's using only 20 MHz bandwidth.

> I may have misunderstood and it is not possible in AC mode.

While IEEE 802.11ac (VHT) is commonly run on a 80 MHz channel which was
not available in the driver information.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA



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