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

James Prestwood
2024-01-24T12:29:40Z

Hi Joao,

On 1/24/24 2:18 AM, Joao Marcos Costa wrote:
> 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?

Could be a regulatory domain issue. Try setting:

[General]

Country=<alpha2>

For whatever country your in:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2

>
>
> Thanks!
>
>