From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Horace Michael <horace.michael@gmx.com>
To: development@lists.ipfire.org
Subject: Re: 802.11ac - specific config requirements for hostapd
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:49:02 +0000
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Hi
 <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>> On 28 Dec 2018, at 22:41, Horace Michael <horace.michael(a)gmx.com>
>wrote:
>>=20
>> Hello,
>>=20
>> Please consider to add to WUI (cgi-bin/wlanap.cgi) a field where
>specific 802.11ac settings can be added.
>> Ex:
>> vht_oper_chwidth=3D1
>> vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx=3D42
>>=20
>
>It is absolutely impossible to hardcode a specific channel.
>

vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx was a bad example - it is computed based on the =
channel...

Other than that the list of settings required by 802.11ac is quite long and c=
urrently there is no place to add them in WUI.

>> Others specific settings might be needed - as listed in the hostapd
>configuration file https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/plain/hostapd/hostapd.conf
>
>>=20
>> Currently these settings added to /etc/hostapd.conf don't survire
>when WUI is used - settings need to be added back afer WUI is used and
>hostapd restarted.=20
>>=20
>> Thank you for considering this improvement,
>> Horace=20
>
>-Michael

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Horace Michael (aka H&M)
 Please excuse my typos and brevity. Sent from a Smartphone.=20

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