HostAP

{{short description|IEEE 802.11 device driver for Linux}} {{Infobox Software | name=HostAP | latest_release_version = 0.6.9 | latest_release_date = March 23, 2009 | operating_system = Linux | license = GPLv2 | website = [http://w1.fi/ w1.fi] | genre = WLAN device drivers | developer = Jouni Malinen & others | screenshot = | caption = }} '''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,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/news/20080725/ath9k-atheros-unveils-free-linux-driver-for |title=news/20080725/ath9k-atheros-unveils-free-linux-driver-for - madwifi-project.org - Trac |access-date=2008-12-31 |archive-date=2011-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727061456/http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/news/20080725/ath9k-atheros-unveils-free-linux-driver-for |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=ffd74aca44b70a2564da86e8878c1dd296009ffb|title=Kernel/Git/Stable/Linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree}}</ref>

== See also == *Hostapd *wpa supplicant * [https://sourceforge.net/projects/ipw2200-ap Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG AP Driver] for Linux, an open source 802.11 b/g access point driver for the ipw2200 and ipw2915

== References ==

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080221092622/http://hostap.epitest.fi/ HostAP Homepage] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121019131903/http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/networkoverview Network overview by Rami Rosen ]

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