HostAP

HostAP
Developer(s)Jouni Malinen & others
Stable release
0.6.9 / March 23, 2009
Operating systemLinux
TypeWLAN device drivers
LicenseGPLv2
Websitew1.fi

HostAP is a IEEE 802.11 device driver for Linux. It works with cards using the obsolete Conexant (formerly Intersil) Prism 2/2.5/3 chipset and supports Host AP mode, which allows a WLAN card to perform all the functions of a wireless access point.

The driver code was written by Jouni Malinen, hired by Atheros in 2008,[1] and was included into the main kernel tree in Linux 2.6.14.

As of November 2016, HostAP is officially obsolete in the Linux kernel.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "news/20080725/ath9k-atheros-unveils-free-linux-driver-for - madwifi-project.org - Trac". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  2. ^ "Kernel/Git/Stable/Linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree".


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