Re: Iwd: unable to start AP with NXP 88W9098 chipset

Joao Marcos Costa
2024-01-24T10:18:27Z

Hi James,

On 1/19/24 18:44, James Prestwood wrote:

[...]

>
> Prior to me adding HT (high throughput) IWD's AP mode was just using
> basic rates, so very slow. I added HT support, but apparently not all
> drivers were happy about it. So DisableHT removes the extra stuff that
> allows it to work with this specific driver, but at the cost of
> performance.
>
> I'm not really in a position to devote a lot of time to AP mode at the
> moment. I know we've gotten a lot of inquiries about it recently but
> to be completely honest if your intent is to run a full fledged access
> point hostapd is really the tool to use. I'd love to get IWD up to the
> same level of quality and support as hostapd but its a massive
> undertaking. Not only that but out of tree driver support is something
> very hard to get right. Hostapd has been around long enough and is the
> de-factor software for APs that hardware vendors have added their
> quirks here and there, IWD doesn't have that luxury.
>
> Thanks,
>
> James

Thanks for this insight. I'll keep DisableHT for my tests, then.

However, there's still something I don't quite understand. I'm trying to
set up this AP:

[General]
DisableHT=true
Channel=36

[Security]
Passphrase=***********

[IPv4]
Address=10.0.5.1
Gateway=10.0.5.1
Netmask=255.255.255.0
IPRange=10.0.5.100,10.0.5.110

but I keep getting this error:

# iwctl ap muap0 start-profile smarc5GHz
Argument type is wrong

AFAIK, 5GHz band supports up to Channel=37. Is this supported by iwd?

Thanks!