[ath9k-devel] Wireless N - AP mode devel status??

[ath9k-devel] Wireless N - AP mode devel status??

[Adam Tistler]

Hello,

I have been using ath5k on debian etch for sometime using AP mode on a  
netgear wireless G card and have been extremely happy with it.  Thank  
you so much for all the hard work going into this project.

I would like to get a wireless N pci card and use the ath9k drivers.   
I would like for it to serve as an AP as in my previous setup.
I read that there are a few patches available for ath9k/AP mode.  What  
is the current state of development in regards to this?
I would be happy to serve as a tester if this is still considered  
alpha or if there are some patches that I can apply.

I had my eye on the:
	D-Link Rangebooster N Desktop Adapter
	(MPN: DWA542)

which I believe has AR5416 Chipset.  If there is a better card to test  
with, please let me know.


Adam Tistler
1(732)718-2631
atistler at gmail.com

[ath9k-devel] Wireless N - AP mode devel status??

[Jouni Malinen]

On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 03:06 -0800, Adam Tistler wrote:

> I would like to get a wireless N pci card and use the ath9k drivers.
> I would like for it to serve as an AP as in my previous setup.
> I read that there are a few patches available for ath9k/AP mode.  What
> is the current state of development in regards to this?
> I would be happy to serve as a tester if this is still considered
> alpha or if there are some patches that I can apply.

All the AP mode patches are now included in wireless-testing.git tree
and will likely be included in the next kernel release (2.6.29). I'm not
aware of any major issues with this code.

- Jouni

[ath9k-devel] Wireless N - AP mode devel status??

[Jens Ott - Opteamax]

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Hi Jouni,

maybe I'm simply to stupid, but after your mail I pulled the latest
version and compiled the kernel from wireless-testing:

acapulco ~ # uname -a
Linux acapulco 2.6.28-rc9-wl-dirty #2 SMP Tue Dec 30 19:04:19 CET 2008
x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

but when I try to set device to master (ap) mode I only get:

acapulco ~ # iwconfig wlan0 mode master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.


The card is a DLink DWA-547 and identifies itself as

acapulco ~ # lspci | grep Atheros
01:08.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5008 Wireless
Network Adapter (rev 01)

Maybe you (or someone else) have a hint for me what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks in advance and best regards
Jens

Jouni Malinen schrieb:
> On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 03:06 -0800, Adam Tistler wrote:
> 
>> I would like to get a wireless N pci card and use the ath9k drivers.
>> I would like for it to serve as an AP as in my previous setup.
>> I read that there are a few patches available for ath9k/AP mode.  What
>> is the current state of development in regards to this?
>> I would be happy to serve as a tester if this is still considered
>> alpha or if there are some patches that I can apply.
> 
> All the AP mode patches are now included in wireless-testing.git tree
> and will likely be included in the next kernel release (2.6.29). I'm not
> aware of any major issues with this code.
> 
> - Jouni
> 
> 
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[ath9k-devel] Wireless N - AP mode devel status??

[Jouni Malinen]

On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 10:50 -0800, Jens Ott - Opteamax wrote:

> but when I try to set device to master (ap) mode I only get:
> 
> acapulco ~ # iwconfig wlan0 mode master
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>     SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

mac80211 does not support iwconfig for setting the AP mode, i.e., you
will need to use a user space program to take care of some AP
operations. You can use the current 0.6.x version of hostapd
(http://w1.fi/hostapd/) for this.

- Jouni

[ath9k-devel] Wireless N - AP mode devel status??

[Jens Ott - Opteamax]

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Hi,

thank you for this hint. My problem came from the gentoo-start-scripts
of hostapd, which require net.wlan* to be started before starting
hostapd. In gentoo's quick-start-guide for hostapd, they ask to
configure wlan0 to be in master-mode by setting "iwconfig mode master".

I think I should take a deeper look into the hostapd-documentation ;-)

Best regards and have a good start into 2009 tonight.

Jens

Jouni Malinen schrieb:
> On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 10:50 -0800, Jens Ott - Opteamax wrote:
> 
>> but when I try to set device to master (ap) mode I only get:
>>
>> acapulco ~ # iwconfig wlan0 mode master
>> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>>     SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
> 
> mac80211 does not support iwconfig for setting the AP mode, i.e., you
> will need to use a user space program to take care of some AP
> operations. You can use the current 0.6.x version of hostapd
> (http://w1.fi/hostapd/) for this.
> 
> - Jouni
> 
> 
> 
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