[Support request] features of hostapd_cli

Janpieter Sollie janpietersollie at gmail.com
Wed Oct 29 11:49:35 PDT 2025


Hi everyone,

I am trying to expose the hostapd features of a router from a highly-depending-on-closed-source 
manufacturer.
Thinks I'd like to investigate:
- Whether ieee802.11w management frames are supported
- Whether I can configure ieee802.11k and / or v to work better with a openwrt dumb ap.  The 
SSID properties specify 802.11v and 802.11k, but no clue how to align them with openwrt.
So, I know:
- The hostapd version is 2.7
- the daemon is called without config file.  Most probably the AP functionality is created via 
the socket file using a closed-source userspace daemon.
... and that's about it.

My support request is:
I compiled a separate hostapd_cli binary.
a) can I see which features the manufacturer's hostapd version supports if compiling a separate 
hostapd_cli?
b) what is the syntax of an action file?  I know the -a option is documented, but I have no clue 
what an action file might be.

Thank you for your help,

Janpieter Sollie



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