From: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:25:59 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: hostapd: Convert multicast packets to unicast
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f643e32b2b63ccc1955da740d44dd0b2f420cbb8;p=ipfire-2.x.git

hostapd: Convert multicast packets to unicast

This will save some airtime especially when there are legacy clients on
the network.

Signed-off-by: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
---

diff --git a/src/initscripts/packages/hostapd b/src/initscripts/packages/hostapd
index 6468908bd..8362883fe 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/packages/hostapd
+++ b/src/initscripts/packages/hostapd
@@ -653,6 +653,9 @@ write_config() {
 	# 802.11v: Advertise the time
 	echo "time_advertisement=2"
 
+	# Convert multicast to unicast packets
+	echo "multicast_to_unicast=1"
+
 	return 0
 }