Update your hostap package, the new configuration file includes this new feature. Unluckily, there is no man page for hostapd.conf, although it is pretty commented.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Martes G Wigglesworth <<a href="mailto:martes@mgwigglesworth.com">martes@mgwigglesworth.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I have be</blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
en wondering about the fact that my interfaces only operate<br>
within the B-mode of the spectrum, however, I am unable to find mention<br>
of the hw_mode switch even in the README on the hostap site.<br>
<br>
Where is a more robust listing of features for the hostapd.conf file?<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 09:28 +0200, ali asin wrote:<br>
> Hi!<br>
><br>
> Problem #1I notice that I am only connecting at the "b" rate<br>
> with my laptop. I have a "g" card for both my AP and my<br>
> laptop.If I setup my AP with no encryption though, I can<br>
> connect at "g" speed.<br>
><br>
> Maybe you set your speed with iwpriv (perhaps in /etc/interfaces), but<br>
> when you use encryption, you also use hostapd.conf file, so check you<br>
> have the following parameter:<br>
><br>
> hw_mode=g (or the rate you want)<br>
><br>
><br>
> This parameter was added in recent version.<br>
> Anyway, use iwpriv ath0 mode 11g instead of iwpriv ath0 mode 3,<br>
> because some cards interpret this numbers in different way.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Problem #2I'm not quite sure how to change to using AES for<br>
> encryption. Right now I am using TKIP.<br>
> I thought in hostapd.conf you would list only ccmp.<br>
> wpa_pairwise=CCMP<br>
> vs<br>
> wpa_pairwise=TKIP CCMP (my current config)<br>
><br>
> If I do the first example I am unable to connect at all.<br>
><br>
> Maybe the problem is in the client side, check your laptop has also<br>
> the ccmp module cause if not, they will not be able of speak each<br>
> other.<br>
><br>
> Hope this helps!<br>
><br>
><br>
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