HostAP was one of the most popular IEEE 802.11 device drivers for Linux and since November 2016 is officially obsolete in Linux kernel.[1] It works with cards using the Conexant (formerly Intersil) Prism 2/2.5/3 chipset and support Host AP mode, which allows a WLAN card to perform all the functions of a wireless access point.

HostAP
Developer(s)Jouni Malinen & others
Stable release
0.6.9 / March 23, 2009
Operating systemLinux
TypeWLAN device drivers
LicenseGPLv2
Websitew1.fi

The driver code was written by Jouni Malinen, hired by Atheros in 2008,[2] and was included into the main kernel tree in Linux 2.6.14.

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  1. ^ "Kernel/Git/Stable/Linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree".
  2. ^ "news/20080725/ath9k-atheros-unveils-free-linux-driver-for - madwifi-project.org - Trac".

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