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RS9116 n-Link Linux and Android
Technical Reference Manual
Version 2.0
31 Appendix F: Procedure to use latest supplicant with NL80211 interface
Follow the below steps to use latest supplicant with the NL80211 interface
Download the supplicant from https://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Extract the supplicant using the following command
tar xvf wpa_supplicant-2.6.tar.gz
cd wpa_supplicant-2.6/wpa_supplicant
cp defconfig .config
Make sure the following parameters are enabled in the supplicant configuration file (.config)
CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y CONFIG_BGSCAN_SIMPLE=y
NL80211_CMD_ROAM=y
CONFIG_LIBNL20=y
CONFIG_LIBNL32=y
CONFIG_WPS2=y
CONFIG_p2p=y
CONFIG_BGSCAN=y
Save the configuration file and exit
Compile the supplicant using "make" command in the following path
$ cd wpa_supplicant-2.6/wpa_supplicant
$ make clean
$ make
After successful compilation the supplicant executable will be found in the same path.Copy the supplicant executable to
the driver release folder.
cp wpa_supplicant RS9116.NXX.NL.XXX.LNX.XXX/source/host/release.
31.1 Bgscan and Roaming
To enable Bgscan and Roaming add 'bgscan="simple:10:-45:100" ' in the sta_settings.conf.
31.1.1 Description
wpa_supplicant behavior for background scanning can be specified by configuring a bgscan module. These modules are
responsible for requesting background scans for the purpose of roaming within an ESS (i.e., within a single network block
with all the APs using the same SSID).
The bgscan parameter uses the below format:
"<bgscan module name>:<module parameters>"
bgscan="simple:<short bgscan interval in seconds>:<signal strength threshold>: <long interval>"