Wireless (WiFi/WLAN) Network Interface
400
^wlan[0-9]+$
Wireless interface must be named wlanN
wlanN
Wireless (WiFi/WLAN) interface name
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HT and VHT capabilities for your card
HT (High Throughput) settings
40MHz intolerance, use 20MHz only!
Enable WMM-PS unscheduled automatic power aave delivery [U-APSD]
Supported channel set width
ht20 ht40+ ht40-
ht20
Supported channel set width both 20 MHz only
ht40+
Supported channel set width both 20 MHz and 40 MHz with secondary channel above primary channel
ht40-
Supported channel set width both 20 MHz and 40 MHz with secondary channel below primary channel
(ht20|ht40\+|ht40-)
Enable HT-delayed block ack
Enable DSSS_CCK-40
Enable HT-greenfield
Enable LDPC coding capability
Enable L-SIG TXOP protection capability
Set maximum A-MSDU length
3839 7935
3839
Set maximum A-MSDU length to 3839 octets
7935
Set maximum A-MSDU length to 7935 octets
(3839|7935)
Short GI capabilities
20 40
20
Short GI for 20 MHz
40
Short GI for 40 MHz
(20|40)
Spatial Multiplexing Power Save (SMPS) settings
static dynamic
static
STATIC Spatial Multiplexing (SM) Power Save
dynamic
DYNAMIC Spatial Multiplexing (SM) Power Save
(static|dynamic)
Support for sending and receiving PPDU using STBC (Space Time Block Coding)
Enable receiving PPDU using STBC (Space Time Block Coding)
[1-3]+
Number of spacial streams that can use RX STBC
[1-3]+
Invalid capability item
Enable sending PPDU using STBC (Space Time Block Coding)
Require stations to support HT PHY (reject association if they do not)
Require stations to support VHT PHY (reject association if they do not)
VHT (Very High Throughput) settings
Number of antennas on this card
1-8
Number of antennas for this card
Set if antenna pattern does not change during the lifetime of an association
Beamforming capabilities
single-user-beamformer single-user-beamformee multi-user-beamformer multi-user-beamformee
single-user-beamformer
Support for operation as single user beamformer
single-user-beamformee
Support for operation as single user beamformee
multi-user-beamformer
Support for operation as multi user beamformer
multi-user-beamformee
Support for operation as multi user beamformee
(single-user-beamformer|single-user-beamformee|multi-user-beamformer|multi-user-beamformee)
VHT operating channel center frequency
VHT operating channel center frequency - center freq 1 (for use with 80, 80+80 and 160 modes)
<34-173>
5Ghz (802.11 a/h/j/n/ac) center channel index (use 42 for primary 80MHz channel 36)
Channel center value must be between 34 and 173
VHT operating channel center frequency - center freq 2 (for use with the 80+80 mode)
34-173
5Ghz (802.11 a/h/j/n/ac) center channel index (use 58 for primary 80MHz channel 52)
Channel center value must be between 34 and 173
VHT operating Channel width
0 1 2 3
0
20 or 40 MHz channel width (default)
1
80 MHz channel width
2
160 MHz channel width
3
80+80 MHz channel width
Enable LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) coding capability
VHT link adaptation capabilities
unsolicited both
unsolicited
Station provides only unsolicited VHT MFB
both
Station can provide VHT MFB in response to VHT MRQ and unsolicited VHT MFB
(unsolicited|both)
Invalid capability item
Set the maximum length of A-MPDU pre-EOF padding that the station can receive
<0-7>
Maximum length of A-MPDU pre-EOF padding = 2 pow(13 + x) -1 octets
Increase Maximum MPDU length to 7991 or 11454 octets (otherwise: 3895 octets)
7991 11454
7991
ncrease Maximum MPDU length to 7991 octets
11454
ncrease Maximum MPDU length to 11454 octets
(7991|11454)
Short GI capabilities
80 160
80
Short GI for 80 MHz
160
Short GI for 160 MHz
(80|160)
Support for sending and receiving PPDU using STBC (Space Time Block Coding)
Enable receiving PPDU using STBC (Space Time Block Coding)
[1-4]+
Number of spacial streams that can use RX STBC
[1-4]+
Invalid capability item
Enable sending PPDU using STBC (Space Time Block Coding)
Enable VHT TXOP Power Save Mode
Station supports receiving VHT variant HT Control field
Wireless radio channel (use 0 for ACS auto channel selection)
<1-14>
2.4Ghz (802.11 b/g/n) Channel
<0,34-173>
5Ghz (802.11 a/h/j/n/ac) Channel
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Disable broadcast of SSID from access-point
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Disassociate stations based on excessive transmission failures
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Isolate stations on the AP so they cannot see each other
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Maximum number of wireless radio stations. Excess stations will be rejected upon authentication request.
<1-2007>
Number of allowed stations
Number of stations must be between 1 and 2007
Management Frame Protection (MFP) according to IEEE 802.11w
disabled optional required
disabled
no MFP (hostapd default)
optional
MFP optional
required
MFP enforced
(disabled|optional|required)
Wireless radio mode
a b g n ac
a
802.11a - 54 Mbits/sec
b
802.11b - 11 Mbits/sec
g
802.11g - 54 Mbits/sec (default)
n
802.11n - 600 Mbits/sec
ac
802.11ac - 1300 Mbits/sec
^(a|b|g|n|ac)$
g
Wireless physical device
Transmission power reduction in dBm
<0-255>
TX power reduction in dBm
dBm value must be between 0 and 255
Wireless security settings
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) parameters
WEP encryption key
<hexdigits>
Wired Equivalent Privacy key
([a-fA-F0-9]{10}|[a-fA-F0-9]{26}|[a-fA-F0-9]{32})
Invalid WEP key
Wifi Protected Access (WPA) parameters
Cipher suite for WPA unicast packets
GCMP-256 GCMP CCMP-256 CCMP TKIP
GCMP-256
AES in Galois/counter mode with 256-bit key
GCMP
AES in Galois/counter mode with 128-bit key
CCMP-256
AES in Counter mode with CBC-MAC with 256-bit key
CCMP
AES in Counter mode with CBC-MAC [RFC 3610, IEEE 802.11i/D7.0] (supported on all WPA2 APs)
TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol [IEEE 802.11i/D7.0]
^(GCMP-256|GCMP|CCMP-256|CCMP|TKIP)$
Invalid cipher selection
Cipher suite for WPA multicast and broadcast packets
GCMP-256 GCMP CCMP-256 CCMP TKIP
GCMP-256
AES in Galois/counter mode with 256-bit key
GCMP
AES in Galois/counter mode with 128-bit key
CCMP-256
AES in Counter mode with CBC-MAC with 256-bit key
CCMP
AES in Counter mode with CBC-MAC [RFC 3610, IEEE 802.11i/D7.0] (supported on all WPA2 APs)
TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol [IEEE 802.11i/D7.0]
^(GCMP-256|GCMP|CCMP-256|CCMP|TKIP)$
Invalid group cipher selection
WPA mode
wpa wpa2 wpa+wpa2 wpa3
wpa
WPA (IEEE 802.11i/D3.0)
wpa2
WPA2 (full IEEE 802.11i/RSN)
wpa+wpa2
Allow both WPA and WPA2
^(wpa|wpa2|wpa\+wpa2|wpa3)$
Unknown WPA mode
wpa+wpa2
WPA personal shared pass phrase. If you are
using special characters in the WPA passphrase then single
quotes are required.
<text>
Passphrase of at least 8 but not more than 63 printable characters
.{8,63}$
Invalid WPA pass phrase, must be 8 to 63 printable characters!
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Enable RADIUS server to receive accounting info
Wireless access-point service set identifier (SSID)
.{1,32}$
Invalid SSID
Wireless device type for this interface
access-point station monitor
access-point
Access-point forwards packets between other nodes
station
Connects to another access point
monitor
Passively monitor all packets on the frequency/channel
^(access-point|station|monitor)$
Type must be access-point, station or monitor
monitor
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Enable WDS (Wireless Distribution System)
Wireless regulatory domain (mandatory)
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<code%gt;
Country code (ISO/IEC 3166-1)
[A-Z][A-Z]$
invalid country code