Prerequisites#

Following are the details for the prerequisties required for both hardware and software.

Hardware#

Following are the details for hardware requirements.

S.N. Hardware Components Quantity Description
1. SiWT917 RCP Wi-Fi 6 Single Band + BLE 5.4 Wireless Radio.

Radio board: BRD4346A

Adapter board: BRD8045B

1
  1. SiWx917_RB4346A: Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE Co-Processor Radio board
  2. BRD8045B: Adapter board for Raspberry Pi Expansion Kit
2. PC/Laptop/Embedded Platform with Linux OS 1 Raspberry Pi 4 with SiWT917 RPi image
3. Standard WLAN Access Point 1 For example, TP-Link AX1500 Wi-Fi 6 Router
4. Third party Station 1 Note: Use third-party stations such as phones, tablets, PCs, or laptops capable of connecting to Wi-Fi 6 access points. Example: OnePlus Nord mobile was used for this test.
5. Monitor, mouse, and keyboard 1 To access the console or UI of Raspberry Pi 4
6. Ethernet/H0DMI cables 1 To connect Raspberry Pi 4 with the monitor

Note: For more information, follow the: Getting Started Guide.

Software#

Following are the details for software requirements.

S.N. Software Components Description
1. SiWT917 RCP Driver si91x-rcp-driver
2. Kernel Version from 3.18 to 6.1 For example, in this test case, the system's kernel version is 6.1.
3. wpa supplicant For example, wpa_supplicant 2.10.
4. hostapd Note:
  • Hostapd application version used is v.2.10.
  • If hostapd is not present in the system, install it using the command below.

Command: apt install hostapd