HostAP explained

HostAP is a IEEE 802.11 device driver for Linux. It works with cards using the obsolete Conexant (formerly Intersil) Prism 2/2.5/3 chipset and supports Host AP mode, which allows a WLAN card to perform all the functions of a wireless access point.

The driver code was written by Jouni Malinen, hired by Atheros in 2008,^[1] and was included into the main kernel tree in Linux 2.6.14.

As of November 2016, HostAP is officially obsolete in the Linux kernel.^[2]

See also

• Hostapd
• wpa supplicant
• Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG AP Driver for Linux, an open source 802.11 b/g access point driver for the ipw2200 and ipw2915

References

1. Web site: news/20080725/ath9k-atheros-unveils-free-linux-driver-for - madwifi-project.org - Trac . 2008-12-31 . 2011-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727061456/http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/news/20080725/ath9k-atheros-unveils-free-linux-driver-for . dead .
2. Web site: Kernel/Git/Stable/Linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree.

External links

• HostAP Homepage
• Network overview by Rami Rosen