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#1 2013-08-16 06:36:49

enihcam
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hostapd with AES-capable WiFi card = hardware AES or software AES?

I've seeking over the internet but no answers found.

I have a board with Atom N2800 (with no AES-NI), and a high-end 802.11n wifi card (AR9590) with AES encryption/decryption offload support.

Now I'd like to build a wifi router with installing archlinux, and with this configuration. The question is,

Will hostapd offload the AES encryption/decryption to the wifi card? or use openSSL + CPU?

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#2 2014-11-24 13:33:44

enihcam
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Re: hostapd with AES-capable WiFi card = hardware AES or software AES?

Ping...

another question:
Does a CPU with AES-NI hardware acceleration actually benefit hostapd?

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#3 2014-11-24 19:32:12

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Re: hostapd with AES-capable WiFi card = hardware AES or software AES?


Arch Linux is more than just GNU/Linux -- it's an adventure
pkill -9 systemd

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#4 2014-12-13 07:33:17

enihcam
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Re: hostapd with AES-capable WiFi card = hardware AES or software AES?

Leonid.I wrote:

Yes, thanks.

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