Re: rtl8192cu in AP mode.

[Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>]

On Friday 14 December 2012 15:25:50 Richard Röjfors wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-12-14 at 15:00 +0100, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> > On Friday 14 December 2012 10:08:27 Richard Röjfors wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2012-12-13 at 19:30 +0100, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> > > > On Thursday, December 13, 2012 12:45:56 AM Richard Röjfors wrote:
> > > > > I've been playing with an rtl8192 the last days, I want it to act as an
> > > > > access point. It's connected to an ARM9 box.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'm using the latest compat-wireless, with some additional patches for
> > > > > beacon support.
> > 
> > however, rtl8192cu doesn't generate any beacons
> > <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/96712>
> > so the AP mode isn't fully implemented anyway. So, it's a bit
> > pointless to debug the issue any further at this time.
> 
> I applied this patch hoping to get beacon support, it has the effect
> that the clients don't disconnect from the network at least.
> 
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg96128.html

No this patch won't help and should be ignored.
AFAICT, the driver needs to prepare and send a
H2C_CREATEBSS_CMD to the firmware [and it will
take care of beaconing and keep track of the
power-save state of the associated stations].

Regards,
	Chr