# HostAP

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{{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](/source/Linux)
| license = [GPLv2](/source/GNU_General_Public_License)
| website = [http://w1.fi/ w1.fi]
| genre = [WLAN](/source/Wireless_LAN) [device driver](/source/device_driver)s
| developer = Jouni Malinen & others
| screenshot =
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'''HostAP''' is a [IEEE 802.11](/source/IEEE_802.11) [device driver](/source/device_driver) for [Linux](/source/Linux). It works with cards using the obsolete [Conexant](/source/Conexant) (formerly [Intersil](/source/Intersil)) [Prism](/source/PRISM_(chipset)) 2/2.5/3 chipset and supports Host AP mode, which allows a [WLAN](/source/Wireless_LAN) card to perform all the functions of a [wireless access point](/source/wireless_access_point).

The driver code was written by Jouni Malinen, hired by [Atheros](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Hostapd)
*[wpa supplicant](/source/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](/source/ipw2200) and [ipw2915](/source/ipw2915)

== References ==

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== 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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