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]
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		| @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ hostapd_common_add_device_config() { | ||||
| 	config_add_string country | ||||
| 	config_add_boolean country_ie doth | ||||
| 	config_add_string require_mode | ||||
| 	config_add_boolean legacy_rates | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	hostapd_add_log_config | ||||
| } | ||||
| @@ -75,12 +76,15 @@ hostapd_prepare_device_config() { | ||||
| 	local base="${config%%.conf}" | ||||
| 	local base_cfg= | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	json_get_vars country country_ie beacon_int doth require_mode | ||||
| 	json_get_vars country country_ie beacon_int doth require_mode legacy_rates | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	hostapd_set_log_options base_cfg | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	set_default country_ie 1 | ||||
| 	set_default doth 1 | ||||
| 	set_default legacy_rates 1 | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	[ "$hwmode" = "b" ] && legacy_rates=1 | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	[ -n "$country" ] && { | ||||
| 		append base_cfg "country_code=$country" "$N" | ||||
| @@ -88,25 +92,33 @@ hostapd_prepare_device_config() { | ||||
| 		[ "$country_ie" -gt 0 ] && append base_cfg "ieee80211d=1" "$N" | ||||
| 		[ "$hwmode" = "a" -a "$doth" -gt 0 ] && append base_cfg "ieee80211h=1" "$N" | ||||
| 	} | ||||
| 	[ -n "$hwmode" ] && append base_cfg "hw_mode=$hwmode" "$N" | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	local brlist= br | ||||
| 	json_get_values basic_rate_list basic_rate | ||||
| 	for br in $basic_rate_list; do | ||||
| 		hostapd_add_rate brlist "$br" | ||||
| 	done | ||||
| 	local rlist= r | ||||
| 	json_get_values rate_list supported_rates | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	[ -n "$hwmode" ] && append base_cfg "hw_mode=$hwmode" "$N" | ||||
| 	[ "$legacy_rates" -eq 0 ] && set_default require_mode g | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	[ "$hwmode" = "g" ] && { | ||||
| 		[ "$legacy_rates" -eq 0 ] && set_default rate_list "6000 9000 12000 18000 24000 36000 48000 54000" | ||||
| 		[ -n "$require_mode" ] && set_default basic_rate_list "6000 12000 24000" | ||||
| 	} | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	case "$require_mode" in | ||||
| 		g) brlist="60 120 240" ;; | ||||
| 		n) append base_cfg "require_ht=1" "$N";; | ||||
| 		ac) append base_cfg "require_vht=1" "$N";; | ||||
| 	esac | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	local rlist= r | ||||
| 	json_get_values rate_list supported_rates | ||||
| 	for r in $rate_list; do | ||||
| 		hostapd_add_rate rlist "$r" | ||||
| 	done | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	for br in $basic_rate_list; do | ||||
| 		hostapd_add_rate brlist "$br" | ||||
| 	done | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	[ -n "$rlist" ] && append base_cfg "supported_rates=$rlist" "$N" | ||||
| 	[ -n "$brlist" ] && append base_cfg "basic_rates=$brlist" "$N" | ||||
| 	[ -n "$beacon_int" ] && append base_cfg "beacon_int=$beacon_int" "$N" | ||||
|   | ||||
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