Yes. I flagged out-of-date this package. Use community/hostapd. To force 40MHz channel only use noscan=1 and ht_capab=[HT40+] (or variations) in hostapd.conf. Be aware that it violates the standard and can reduce the speed, but in some cases (low frequency band utilization) it can significantly increase the speed.
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Package Details: hostapd-noscan 2.3-1
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| Package Base: | hostapd-noscan |
|---|---|
| Description: | IEEE 802.11 AP, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator with noscan patch |
| Upstream URL: | http://w1.fi/hostapd/ |
| Category: | network |
| Licenses: | |
| Conflicts: | |
| Provides: | |
| Submitter: | Fillo |
| Maintainer: | Fillo |
| Last Packager: | Fillo |
| Votes: | 2 |
| First Submitted: | 2014-09-27 03:15 |
| Last Updated: | 2015-02-19 09:38 |
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Sources
- config
- hostapd-2.3-noscan.patch
- hostapd.service
- http://w1.fi/releases/hostapd-2.3.tar.gz
Latest Comments
Comment by Fillo
Comment by pl_m
good news! noscan.patch -- now in official package ( https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/tree/trunk?h=packages/hostapd )
Comment by Fillo
Better to ask someone who knows Arch better. I think that is unlikely because generally Arch has "clean" packets without third party patches, but not sure.
Comment by pl_m
sorry for spam, but... is zero chance, that this patch ("hostapd-2.2-noscan.patch") may be landed to official archlinux-package "hostapd" ?
Comment by Fillo
Yes, you're right. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD#provides says the same thing. I have added provides variable to the PKGBUILD.
Patch is really good (I took it from Fedora) but it violates the standard and may destabilize the wi-fi if frequency band is heavily loaded, otherwise everything is fine.
Comment by pl_m
cool patch "hostapd-2.2-noscan.patch"! vary vary thanks for it!
Comment by pl_m
good day!
the file "PKGBUILD" has line:
conflicts=('hostapd')
but may be -- need next line:
provides=('hostapd=2.2')
??? (I am very new in Archlinux.. and it is only my supposition :))