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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= For whatever country your in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 > > > Thanks! > >