Re: Re: Support for Access Point mode for the Intel AX210 card in the iwlwifi driver
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Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 09:36:11 UTC
<div>The 11a mode for a card with the Intel AX210 chipset also does not work when enabled with standard methods:<br></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><i>root@name:~ # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev iwlwifi0 wlanmode hostap mode 11a</i><i><br></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><i>ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2 (wlan0): Operation not supported.</i><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px;">I am building a router that works and also provides other services. Finally i'm going to replace my ISP-provided router with my own hardware. To achieve full functionality, support for Multicast is required for IPTV on a bridge with both Ethernet and Wi-Fi cards. This can also be done with an external router, such as the TP-LINK Archer AX23 with OpenWRT. However, this setup introduces double NAT translation, and the TP-LINK device struggles down during Multicast handling for IPTV. It often stops working properly, and other services no longer function. Additionally, it is impossible to connect to the Archer AX23's 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks with any devices other than the TV. For these reasons, I opted for the Intel AX210, but unfortunately, HOSTAP does not work on this card.</div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div><p data-pm-slice="0 0 []">Best Redgards<br></p><div style="font-size: 16px;">M.P. <a href="mailto:j4wq9pzbjnxb@gazeta.pl" contenteditable="false">j4wq9pzbjnxb@gazeta.pl</a> </div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div><br></div><div>W dniu 2024-11-16 02:22:33 użytkownik Bjoern A. Zeeb napisał:<br></div><blockquote style="margin-right:0;margin-left:7px;border-left:2px solid orange;padding-left:8px;" class=""><pre>On Thu, 14 Nov 2024, j4wq9pzbjnxb@gazeta.pl wrote: > > The Intel AX210 (Wi-Fi 6) card does not currently support Access Point (HOSTAP) mode in the iwlwifi driver for FreeBSD. The system logs display the message 'HOSTAP mode not supp > orted,' indicating that this mode is not available. Is there any estimate timeline when support for HOSTAP mode will be implemented in the driver. The iwlwifi supports hostap only for 11a and with that is a bit special. I currently have no plans to add HOSTAP support to LinuxKPI for iwlwifi; more likely it'll come with some other drivers in the future which make a lot more sense to run as AP. /bz -- Bjoern A. Zeeb r15:7 <br></pre></blockquote><div></div>