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Supported interface modes:
     * managed
     * monitor

AP mode is supported fine in windows and hotspot works fine. Ralink usb adapter in use.

ethtool -i wlan0 | grep driver outputs MT7601

Does this driver support AP mode?.. Will changing the driver support AP mode?

This page http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads1/downloads/ list the drivers for my card. How do I install this? It seems Ubuntu already comes with the MT7601 driver shown in that page. If i install another driver, will it work? Is there a way to change the firmware from the terminal to rollback the driver to get a supported one? How do I know which all drivers supports my adapter?

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  • Does mt7601 family supported managed, monitor and along with AP mode in Linux ? I want to use it in kali Linux for wifi related staff. Please help and share your experience – Nullpointer Nov 02 '20 at 07:10

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The in-tree mt7601 kernel driver does not support AP mode yet.

But the vendor driver does support this mode. The problem is that Mediatek does not maintain the driver well enough. It does not build for new kernels.

But some people patch these drivers. If you search the web, you will find some github repos with the source.

See this question for more information.

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  • AFAIK, mt7601 is work AP mode in windows, but not showing in Linux in iw list. It's due to drivers ? Does hardware has AP feature ? – Nullpointer Nov 02 '20 at 07:12
  • The hardware has this feature, but Linux driver didn't. – Pilot6 Nov 02 '20 at 09:30
  • But Same device working fine in window 10, Able to Make AP (Hotspot) but In the Linux, I unable to see AP interface mode (only monitor and Managed visible). If It's in windows then its should in Linux, that means iw list listed as per driver, not from hardware, I guess. Please share your view with this. – Nullpointer Nov 02 '20 at 09:43
  • "If It's in windows then its should in Linux" is wrong. – Pilot6 Nov 02 '20 at 09:45
  • Means : Consider that AP feature is available in windows, Hardware compatible AP mode. It's not visible in Linux then we can say AP feature available in hardware but not work in Linux due to Driver issue. – Nullpointer Nov 02 '20 at 09:55