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Description

I would like to use VyOS as a WiFi 6 AP. So one of the things I would need to do is to add the following configuration for hostapd:

ieee80211ax=1
he_su_beamformer=1
he_su_beamformee=1
he_mu_beamformer=1
he_oper_chwidth=1
he_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx=155

I imagine this is fairly straightforward, so I might try doing it myself. I think I would need to modify these:

I also see some other files, but I gather these are obsolete ?

Is that right?

One thing I would prefer is to make he_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx and vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx equal. If they aren't, I don't think 80 MHz channels will work. Actually, it would be even better if these were calculated automatically.

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Is it a breaking change?
Perfectly compatible
Issue type
Feature (new functionality)

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As far as I know, you only need to work in the vyos-1x repo

Thank you for trying to support WiFi 6, which is really an interesting idea, I wish you success

Calculating setting is always the smartest idea. I also have a WIFI6 NIC with me, the problem is it is not supported by Linux 4.19. which we currently are forced to use.

erkin set Issue type to Feature (new functionality).Aug 29 2021, 12:08 PM
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dmbaturin triaged this task as Normal priority.Jan 9 2024, 5:01 PM