What is the difference between the HostAP drivers and the wlan-ng drivers for Linux?



What is the difference between the HostAP drivers and the wlan-ng drivers for Linux?..

Answer / chaitanya

Both of these drivers work with a variety of cards; however, only the HostAP drivers allow you to place your card in monitor mode.

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