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intel won't allow its linux drivers to work above wifi 4 speeds in ap mode, so i created a kvm virtual windows machine with pci pass through on the wifi nic plus ip masquerade and now i'm getting wifi 6 speeds in ap mode.
Oh god, this is horrible. I beg you to find a better solution 🙏
it's horrible in more ways that you would expect and what other solutions exist with intel wifi hardware in ap mode on linux?
I think NDISwrapper is still maintained for issues like this.
i wasn't aware that you could use ndiswrapper on an access point; i'll look into it.
UPDATE: googles says that you can't do this because ndiswrapper uses windows drivers that don't support ap mode.
The kludge wins. 😅
this is beautiful
it's a pita every time something goes wrong; it works well most of the time, but it also REALLY sucks sometimes.
Lots of laptops just use a removable m.2 wifi card. Have you considered replacing it with something thats properly supported? I know hardware costs money but not that much probably.
It's not a laptop; it's a mini desktop that I obtained to serve as a wifi router; storage server; firewall; VPN; media server; remote file storage; and my cat's favorite warm napping surface.
the wifi nic is embedded on the motherboard and it was chosen since it included a high gain antenna; among other qualities.
Wifi works fine if you use it in ordinary client mode w full Linux support and the hardware is capable of fully supporting ap mode in older Linux kernels; it's just that Intel decided remove higher speed ap mode support in the latest versions of the driver to force people to buy thier more expensive wifi nics.
Ah okay thats the one kind of device where there is nothing you can really do true.
This is the real solution, just stop using the built in stuff and free yourself
It's not a laptop and the hardware is fully capable of ap mode support in it's older iteration of drivers; Intel made the decision to remove that capability in the recent versions of the driver.