HostAP is a

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for

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. It works with cards using the obsolete Conexant (formerly

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)

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2/2.5/3 chipset and supports Host AP mode, which allows a

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card to perform all the functions of a

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. The driver code was written by Jouni Malinen, hired by

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in 2008, and was included into the main kernel tree in

2.6.14. As of November 2016, HostAP is officially obsolete in the Linux kernel.

References

External links

HostAP Homepage

Network overview by Rami Rosen
Wi-Fi Linux drivers {{Linux-stub

See also

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