> I was trying to set up access point with "Realtek RTL8187" wireless > card on 4.5. > After looking into the manpage I thought it has "mediaopt hostap" capability, > > -------- > The following hostname.if(5) example creates a host-based access point on > boot: > > inet 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 NONE media autoselect \ > mediaopt hostap nwid my_net chan 11 > --------
That is a driver independent page. It suggests what might be capable. > but, according to this ... > # ifconfig urtw0 media|grep hostap || echo nope > nope > > and this ... > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_wireless_drivers > it simply does not. (sic!) > > Are there any plans to add hostap mode to urtw(4) driver ? Perhaps. The urtw man page does not currently include those features. > May I suggest to delete those lines from the manpage. It misled me. Certainly not.
