5ghz wifi access point

Dirk Gorissen

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

Frank

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>

Dirk Gorissen

Thanks. I bit the bullet, switched to ubuntu, and it all worked out of the box with create_ap.