Re: ath5k AP support?

[Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org>]

Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> 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
> (...)

Oh well.
The above is with hostapd 0.7.0 snapshot.
With 0.6.9 I can connect and the connection works fine

Is it normal?

hostapd 0.7.0 snapshot worked with a b43 card (but my b43 card doesn't 
work well on my ASUS router, and hence I'm trying a different card, ath5k).


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Tomasz Chmielewski
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