[ath9k-devel] SMCWPCI-N

[ath9k-devel] SMCWPCI-N

[Mantas Pilipavičius]

Hello everyone :)I have a need to make my linux (gentoo) based wired router
as a wireless one. I would like to use kernel built-in drivers (ndisswrapper
is not my choice). So I'm going to buy this card:
http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=viewProductDetail&localeCode=EN_USA&cid=9&scid=48&pid=1589

I would like to know if it will work with built-in drivers as HostAP or
should I search for a different card?

Thanks for you answers :)
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[ath9k-devel] SMCWPCI-N

[Pavel Roskin]

On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 15:04 +0300, Mantas Pilipavi?ius wrote:
> Hello everyone :)
> I have a need to make my linux (gentoo) based wired router as a
> wireless one. I would like to use kernel built-in drivers
> (ndisswrapper is not my choice). So I'm going to buy this
> card: http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=viewProductDetail&localeCode=EN_USA&cid=9&scid=48&pid=1589
> 
> 
> I would like to know if it will work with built-in drivers as HostAP
> or should I search for a different card?

If you check the Windows drivers for that card, you'll see that they are
for Atheros devices with PCI ID 168c:0023, which is supported by ath9k.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin

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[Mantas Pilipavičius]

Can it work in master mode?
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[ath9k-devel] SMCWPCI-N

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

All cards supported by ath9k support AP mode.

  Luis

[ath9k-devel] SMCWPCI-N

[Mantas Pilipavičius]

So I bought this card, but which driver should I use? lspci -v output is:
02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Device ff1d (rev
01)
        Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Device ee1c
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 12
        Memory at f2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [40] #80 [0000]
        Capabilities: [80] #00 [0000]

But neither modprobe ath5k or modprobe ath9k brings my interface up. I
compiled them into kernel as modules (also tried staticly). No luck.
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[ath9k-devel] SMCWPCI-N

[Pavel Roskin]

On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 21:47 +0300, Mantas Pilipavi?ius wrote:
> So I bought this card, but which driver should I use? 
> lspci -v output is:
> 02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Device ff1d
> (rev 01)
>         Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Device ee1c

My impression is that your card is incompatible with your motherboard.
I had a similar experience with D-Link DWA-552, which didn't work in any
modern system.  I ended up sticking it into a G3 PowerMAC, where it
finally worked.

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Pavel Roskin

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[Mantas Pilipavičius]

So what should I do now with it. How do I know if it's really incompatible?
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[Pavel Roskin]

On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 22:25 +0300, Mantas Pilipavi?ius wrote:
> So what should I do now with it. How do I know if it's really
> incompatible? 

Try other PCI slots.  Try older machines.  Try Windows.

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Pavel Roskin

[ath9k-devel] SMCWPCI-N

[Mantas Pilipavičius]

Heh, the idea to change PCI slot helped. Now I have the correct output:lspci
-v:
02:0c.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5416 802.11abgn
Wireless PCI Adapter (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Device 1976:200b
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16
        Memory at f2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [40] #80 [0000]
        Kernel driver in use: ath9k
        Kernel modules: ath9k

So it's good news. I bought a good product. But now I have issues with
making it work in master mode. I use gentoo. My iwconfig looks like this:
wlan1     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=off
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

tunl0     no wireless extensions.

My  /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf looks like this:
interface=wlan1
bridge=br0
# Driver interface type
(hostap/wired/madwifi/prism54/test/none/nl80211/bsd/hostap/none);
driver=nl80211
logger_syslog=-1
logger_syslog_level=2
logger_stdout=-1
logger_stdout_level=2
dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump
ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
ctrl_interface_group=0
ssid=darwin
hw_mode=g
channel=11
beacon_int=100
dtim_period=2
max_num_sta=255
rts_threshold=2347
fragm_threshold=2346
macaddr_acl=1
#accept_mac_file=/etc/hostapd/hostapd.accept
auth_algs=3
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
wme_enabled=0 #default 1
ieee80211n=1
ht_capab=[HT40-][SHORT-GI-40][DSSS_CCK-40]
eapol_key_index_workaround=0
eap_server=0
own_ip_addr=127.0.0.1
wpa=bit1
wpa_passphrase=******
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK WPA-EAP
wpa_pairwise=TKIP CCMP

My /etc/conf.d/net like this:
mac_eth0="00:1D:60:86:5C:6D"
config_eth0=( "dhcp" )
dhcp_eth0=( "nodns nontp nonis" )

bridge_br0="eth1 eth2 eth3 wlan1"
config_br0=( "192.168.0.1 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0" )
config_eth1=( "null" )
config_eth2=( "null" )
config_eth3=( "null" )
config_wlan1=( "null" )
channel_wlan1="1"
mode_wlan1="master"
essid_wlan1="darwin"
modules_wlan1=( "!iwconfig" "!wpa_supplicant" )

When I reboot my PC internet won't work. I used rc-status and checked that
dhcpd is stopped. Then I start it, but then I need to restart named service.
And then internet works via wired interfaces, but wireless ouput is still
the same...
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[ath9k-devel] SMCWPCI-N

[Mantas Pilipavičius]

Finally, I managed to make the card work. But I need a bit of help more.There
is a command in madwifi-ng-tools "wlanconfig wlan1 destroy"
Is there something like that in ath9k? Because previous command gives me an
error: wlanconfig: ioctl: Operation not supported

Thanks for your answers ;)
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[Pavel Roskin]

On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 14:43 +0300, Mantas Pilipavi?ius wrote:
> Finally, I managed to make the card work. But I need a bit of help
> more.
> There is a command in madwifi-ng-tools "wlanconfig wlan1 destroy"
> Is there something like that in ath9k? Because previous command gives
> me an error: wlanconfig: ioctl: Operation not supported

The equivalent for ath9h and other mac80211 based drivers is:

iw dev wlan1 del

The homepage of iw is http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/iw

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin