Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:58562 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752864AbYDNTrd (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:47:33 -0400 Subject: Re: Does mac80211 support ap mode From: Dan Williams To: cao jing Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <9f33c5230804141218j5778195ajc1a7bae011eb9528@mail.gmail.com> References: <9f33c5230804141218j5778195ajc1a7bae011eb9528@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:44:40 -0400 Message-Id: <1208202280.12139.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> (sfid-20080414_204742_445593_54A5FE8E) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 15:18 -0400, cao jing wrote: > Hi, > > I read the mac80211 code. I found only the STA, IBSS and Mesh_Point > interface type are processed by the code. So does it support the ap > mode. Yes, it does. I'd suggest using hostapd as your AP daemon and the nl80211 hostap driver. While it's still under pretty heavy development, it all should be fairly usable. Johannes Berg would probably have a more up-to-date description of the status of the hostapd nl80211 driver and mac80211 AP-mode support. Dan