SoftAP
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SoftAP (Software Access Point) is a feature that controls a wireless LAN card in software so that it acts as a wireless access point without dedicated hardware. A laptop or embedded device opens a network on its own Wi-Fi interface and accepts other devices; typical examples are a smartphone hotspot and the initial setup network of an IoT device. On Linux, hostapd is the representative daemon that implements this feature.