5ghz wifi access point

Dirk Gorissen
New Member Posts: 2
Hi All,
Has anybody managed to get the up board working as a wifi hotspot with hostapd? I have been trying with an Edimax EW-7811UTC. After installing the drivers it works fine as a client but failing with create_ap (https://github.com/oblique/create_ap, fantastic script used successfully many times on other systems). Its definitely a lower level driver issue and a real rabbit hole. Im using ubilinux, not ubuntu.
I would just be interested to hear if anybody managed to get a hotspot going (I would need 5ghz for various reasons) and post here what dongle was used so I at least have a verified configuration I can buy/test.
Many thanks
Dirk
Has anybody managed to get the up board working as a wifi hotspot with hostapd? I have been trying with an Edimax EW-7811UTC. After installing the drivers it works fine as a client but failing with create_ap (https://github.com/oblique/create_ap, fantastic script used successfully many times on other systems). Its definitely a lower level driver issue and a real rabbit hole. Im using ubilinux, not ubuntu.
I would just be interested to hear if anybody managed to get a hotspot going (I would need 5ghz for various reasons) and post here what dongle was used so I at least have a verified configuration I can buy/test.
Many thanks
Dirk
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I have an UP running as wifi access point. If it helps, this is my hostapd.conf. Haven't used create_ap, though.
auth_algs=1 beacon_int=50 channel=3 country_code=<your country> disassoc_low_ack=1 driver=nl80211 hw_mode=g ht_capab=[HT40+][HT40-][SHORT-GI-40] ieee80211d=1 ieee80211n=1 interface=wlxe0b94d19c0ce require_ht=0 rsn_pairwise=CCMP ssid=<your ssid> wmm_enabled=1 wpa=2 wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK wpa_passphrase=<password>
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Thanks. I bit the bullet, switched to ubuntu, and it all worked out of the box with create_ap.
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