Ubuntu
hostapd package

Please include 802.11ac mode support in hostapd

Asked by Joseph Moore

When I try to create an AP using 802.11ac hostapd complains about unknown configuration items.

I have a Compex acWave WLE900VX mini-pcie card that's fully supported by the ath10k_pci module.

sudo hostapd -dd hostapd.conf
random: Trying to read entropy from /dev/random
Configuration file: hostapd.conf
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'
3 errors found in configuration file 'hostapd.conf'

The solution is to add the following to the ./configure file at compile time:

"CONFIG_IEEE80211AC=y"

As 802.11ac picks up in popularity everyone is going to want this support.

Thank you!

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Thomas Krüger (thkrueger) said : 		#1

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