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FS#31464 - [wpa_supplicant] Enable lightweight AP mode, P2P, and RSN IBSS

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Matthias Dienstbier (fs4000) - Saturday, 08 September 2012, 08:56 GMT
Last edited by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Saturday, 13 October 2012, 20:56 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Fedora recently enabled lightweight AP mode, P2P, and RSN IBSS in their wpa_supplicant build[1]. NetworkManager can already use the AP mode feature to provide a better Internet Connection Sharing via WiFi[2]. We probably should also enable CONFIG_IEEE80211N for High Throughput support in AP mode if this doesn't cause serious issues. And perhaps there are more interesting features I'm not aware of.

[1] http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/wpa_supplicant.git/commit/?id=16eae335b8b710abef21dcf9df4294533f2b42a1
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/RealHotspot
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Closed by  Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Saturday, 13 October 2012, 20:56 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  Package going up to testing.
Comment by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Sunday, 09 September 2012, 09:34 GMT
That's interesting. I haven't personally reviewed the config for the 1.0 version, those options seem very nice.
Comment by Matthias Dienstbier (fs4000) - Sunday, 09 September 2012, 15:27 GMT
It's really difficult to figure out which options exist at all. The defconfig file is missing a lot of them and I cannot find any other documentation.

I was wrong about NetworkManager. It doesn't support AP mode yet but it will be added soon.
Comment by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Sunday, 09 September 2012, 17:19 GMT
I always relied on the defconfig file for that. Naturally, some options have been missed.
Comment by Lucas De Marchi (lucasdemarchi) - Tuesday, 09 October 2012, 12:41 GMT
ConnMan (http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/connman/) supports AP mode for sharing network connectivity, it would be really great to enable CONFIG_AP in wpa_supplicant.

Another feature missing in Archlinux package is CONFIG_BGSCAN_SIMPLE. This lets wpa_supplicant keep track of networks while connected to another one. It's also used by ConnMan for this feature.
Comment by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Tuesday, 09 October 2012, 15:03 GMT
Okay, I think I'll just add these to the config for the next rebuild. Sad that this is not contained in defconfig at all.

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