HostAP

{{short description|IEEE 802.11 device driver for Linux}}

{{Infobox Software

| name=HostAP

| latest_release_version = 0.6.9

| latest_release_date = March 23, 2009

| operating_system = Linux

| license = GPLv2

| website = [http://w1.fi/ w1.fi]

| genre = WLAN device drivers

| developer = Jouni Malinen & others

| screenshot =

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HostAP is a IEEE 802.11 device driver for Linux. It works with cards using the obsolete Conexant (formerly Intersil) Prism 2/2.5/3 chipset and supports Host AP mode, which allows a WLAN card to perform all the functions of a wireless access point.

The driver code was written by Jouni Malinen, hired by Atheros in 2008,{{cite web |url=http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/news/20080725/ath9k-atheros-unveils-free-linux-driver-for |title=news/20080725/ath9k-atheros-unveils-free-linux-driver-for - madwifi-project.org - Trac |access-date=2008-12-31 |archive-date=2011-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727061456/http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/news/20080725/ath9k-atheros-unveils-free-linux-driver-for |url-status=dead }} and was included into the main kernel tree in Linux 2.6.14.

As of November 2016, HostAP is officially obsolete in the Linux kernel.{{Cite web|url=https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=ffd74aca44b70a2564da86e8878c1dd296009ffb|title=Kernel/Git/Stable/Linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree}}