hostapd: add legacy_rates option to disable 802.11b data rates.
authorNick Lowe <nick.lowe@gmail.com>
Mon, 27 Mar 2017 09:50:23 +0000 (10:50 +0100)
committerFelix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Wed, 3 May 2017 11:58:23 +0000 (13:58 +0200)
commited62d91f4b5296a4aa883ce975d76f590ef4e910
treefef68ad213d45f53f8262d2e2045bfc2d98e68dd
parent41feba8c4aa33ca3c6fa7c1a6c3224aae02440a7
hostapd: add legacy_rates option to disable 802.11b data rates.

Setting legacy_rates to 0 disables 802.11b data rates.
Setting legacy_rates to 1 enables 802.11b data rates. (Default)

The basic_rate option and supported_rates option are filtered based on this.

The rationale for the change, stronger now than in 2014, can be found in:

https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/14/11-14-0099-00-000m-renewing-2-4ghz-band.pptx

The balance of equities between compatibility with b clients and the
detriment to the 2.4 GHz ecosystem as a whole strongly favors disabling b
rates by default.

Signed-off-by: Nick Lowe <nick.lowe@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> [cleanup, defaults change]
package/network/services/hostapd/files/hostapd.sh