802.11ac - specific config requirements for hostapd

802.11ac - specific config requirements for hostapd

[Horace Michael]

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Hello,

Please consider to add to WUI (cgi-bin/wlanap.cgi) a field where specific 802.11ac settings can be added.
Ex:
vht_oper_chwidth=1
vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx=42

Others specific settings might be needed - as listed in the hostapd configuration file https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/plain/hostapd/hostapd.conf 

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. 

Thank you for considering this improvement,
Horace 

Re: 802.11ac - specific config requirements for hostapd

[Michael Tremer]

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Hi,

> On 28 Dec 2018, at 22:41, Horace Michael <horace.michael(a)gmx.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Please consider to add to WUI (cgi-bin/wlanap.cgi) a field where specific 802.11ac settings can be added.
> Ex:
> vht_oper_chwidth=1
> vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx=42
> 

It is absolutely impossible to hardcode a specific channel.

> Others specific settings might be needed - as listed in the hostapd configuration file https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/plain/hostapd/hostapd.conf 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> Thank you for considering this improvement,
> Horace 

-Michael

Re: 802.11ac - specific config requirements for hostapd

[Horace Michael]

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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:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Please consider to add to WUI (cgi-bin/wlanap.cgi) a field where
>specific 802.11ac settings can be added.
>> Ex:
>> vht_oper_chwidth=1
>> vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx=42
>> 
>
>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 currently 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
>
>> 
>> 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. 
>> 
>> Thank you for considering this improvement,
>> Horace 
>
>-Michael

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

Re: 802.11ac - specific config requirements for hostapd

[Michael Tremer]

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> On 28 Dec 2018, at 22:49, Horace Michael <horace.michael(a)gmx.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi
> <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>>> On 28 Dec 2018, at 22:41, Horace Michael <horace.michael(a)gmx.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> Please consider to add to WUI (cgi-bin/wlanap.cgi) a field where
>> specific 802.11ac settings can be added.
>>> Ex:
>>> vht_oper_chwidth=1
>>> vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx=42
>>> 
>> 
>> 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 currently there is no place to add them in WUI.

*What* other settings? 802.11ac runs fine as it is. You need to be clearer on what you want to achieve here.

-Michael

>>> Others specific settings might be needed - as listed in the hostapd
>> configuration file https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/plain/hostapd/hostapd.conf
>> 
>>> 
>>> 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. 
>>> 
>>> Thank you for considering this improvement,
>>> Horace 
>> 
>> -Michael
> 
> --
> Horace Michael (aka H&M)
> Please excuse my typos and brevity. Sent from a Smartphone.

Re: 802.11ac - specific config requirements for hostapd

[Tom Rymes]

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Horace,

Have you created a request in Bugzilla?

Tom

> On Dec 28, 2018, at 5:42 PM, Horace Michael <horace.michael(a)gmx.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Please consider to add to WUI (cgi-bin/wlanap.cgi) a field where specific 802.11ac settings can be added.
> Ex:
> vht_oper_chwidth=1
> vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx=42
> 
> Others specific settings might be needed - as listed in the hostapd configuration file https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/plain/hostapd/hostapd.conf 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> Thank you for considering this improvement,
> Horace