hosting a wireless access point

Hello,

I am looking into hosting my own wireless access point using a standard
wireless adapter (note: I am assuming this is possible) and have begun
searching for what is necessary. I have found host ap, but I am unsure
about a few things:

- It is mentionned that hostap is meant to enable roaming between
different access points. Is this something it does in addition to
simply allowing you to run an access point?

- It is mentionned that host ap only supports a few drivers. Again, I
am confused. If the wireless device is accessible via an existing
driver (whether via a native driver or a via ndiswrapper), why can't
host ap leverage that? Or is it that host ap needs to perform
operations that are not covered by regular drivers?

- If all i'm interested in is to broadcast an SSID and allow other
wireless hosts to associate with it, is there even a need for host ap
and something more than a regular wireless adapter?

Thank you,
spip

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