Re: ath5k AP support?

[Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org>]

Bob Copeland wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Tomasz Chmielewski<mangoo@wpkg.org> wrote:
>> According to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath5k, AP mode is
>> "reported to work, we just need some further tests on all cards to be sure".
>>
>> I just tried it with 2.6.30 kernel with this card:
> 
> 2.6.30 does not enable AP mode, you should try the wireless-testing
> tree instead.
> 
> There is at least one known bug (the patch at the end is broken but
> close):  http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13237

I tried compat-wireless-2009-06-17, but I can't connect:

Jun 18 22:12:31 mangoo hostapd: wlan1: STA 00:23:08:78:d4:5f IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Jun 18 22:12:31 mangoo hostapd: wlan1: STA 00:23:08:78:d4:5f IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
Jun 18 22:12:34 mangoo hostapd: wlan1: STA 00:23:08:78:d4:5f IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to local deauth request
Jun 18 22:12:40 mangoo hostapd: wlan1: STA 00:23:08:78:d4:5f IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Jun 18 22:12:40 mangoo hostapd: wlan1: STA 00:23:08:78:d4:5f IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
Jun 18 22:12:43 mangoo hostapd: wlan1: STA 00:23:08:78:d4:5f IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to local deauth request
Jun 18 22:12:55 mangoo hostapd: wlan1: STA 00:23:08:78:d4:5f IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Jun 18 22:12:55 mangoo hostapd: wlan1: STA 00:23:08:78:d4:5f IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
Jun 18 22:12:58 mangoo hostapd: wlan1: STA 00:23:08:78:d4:5f IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to local deauth request
(...)


I didn't try your patch.


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