From 2da4a56f22752f3a2af482111ec29101a65902e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jouni Malinen Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 12:50:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add more hostapd.conf documentation for hw_mode with HT/VHT Try to make it more obvious that hw_mode=a needs to be used with HT and VHT when using the 5 GHz band. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen --- hostapd/hostapd.conf | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/hostapd/hostapd.conf b/hostapd/hostapd.conf index ecd4328ca..2c083f54d 100644 --- a/hostapd/hostapd.conf +++ b/hostapd/hostapd.conf @@ -125,11 +125,13 @@ ssid=test # ieee80211d=1 and local_pwr_constraint configured. #spectrum_mgmt_required=1 -# Operation mode (a = IEEE 802.11a, b = IEEE 802.11b, g = IEEE 802.11g, -# ad = IEEE 802.11ad (60 GHz); a/g options are used with IEEE 802.11n, too, to -# specify band). When using ACS (see channel parameter), a special value "any" -# can be used to indicate that any support band can be used. This special case -# is currently supported only with drivers with which offloaded ACS is used. +# Operation mode (a = IEEE 802.11a (5 GHz), b = IEEE 802.11b (2.4 GHz), +# g = IEEE 802.11g (2.4 GHz), ad = IEEE 802.11ad (60 GHz); a/g options are used +# with IEEE 802.11n (HT), too, to specify band). For IEEE 802.11ac (VHT), this +# needs to be set to hw_mode=a. When using ACS (see channel parameter), a +# special value "any" can be used to indicate that any support band can be used. +# This special case is currently supported only with drivers with which +# offloaded ACS is used. # Default: IEEE 802.11b hw_mode=g @@ -477,6 +479,7 @@ wmm_ac_vo_acm=0 # 0 = disabled (default) # 1 = enabled # Note: You will also need to enable WMM for full HT functionality. +# Note: hw_mode=g (2.4 GHz) and hw_mode=a (5 GHz) is used to specify the band. #ieee80211n=1 # ht_capab: HT capabilities (list of flags) @@ -530,6 +533,7 @@ wmm_ac_vo_acm=0 # 0 = disabled (default) # 1 = enabled # Note: You will also need to enable WMM for full VHT functionality. +# Note: hw_mode=a is used to specify that 5 GHz band is used with VHT. #ieee80211ac=1 # vht_capab: VHT capabilities (list of flags)