[ath9k-devel] Setting master mode

[Rodolphe Marques <rodolphe.marques@ua.pt>]

Hi John,

First of all Neil was wrong when he said that this list for for 9k 
chipsets only. That's not true.
If you go to 
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k#supported_chipsets
you can see that ath9k supports also some 5k chipsets.

Second you can check http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers
and note that both ath5k ath9k support master or AP mode.
I don't know which ones you are using.

I compiled and installed compat-wireless and I'm currently using ath9k 
and I have had no problem. I'm guessing that you probably tried to 
change operation modes using iwconfig. If you did so it does not work. 
To run ath9k in ap mode I use hostapd and specify driver=nl80211 in the 
hostapd.conf.

Try using hostapd. If you are still having problems please post a mail 
with more comments.
I've always found good help here on the mailing list. The developers of 
ath9k have been doing an amazing job and the reply that you received 
from Neil doesn't reflect the behaviour of this mailing list.

Best Regards
Rodolphe Marques

John Murphy wrote:
> Hi Neil,
>
> Interesting, if completely unnecessary flaming. Hard to know how best to
> respond. First of all, you are clearly right, I posted to the wrong
> list. I will repost to the appropriate list. Surprised you are happy to
> respond when you clearly are not even aware of the more popular Linux
> distributions. The rest of your comments are quite juvenile. 
>
> Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and
> remove all doubt - Abraham Lincoln
>
> Best Regards
>
> John
>
>
> On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 19:34 +0100, Neil Walker wrote:
>   
>> John Murphy wrote:
>>     
>>> I am new to this list so apologies in advance for asking a question that
>>> may have been answered before.
>>>   
>>>       
>> Nobody has been that stupid before.
>>
>>     
>>> I am trying to setup a Jaunty box
>>>       
>> WTF is Jaunty?
>>
>>     
>>> I have tried two different PCI cards, one based in the
>>> Realteck chipset RTL-8185 and the other based on the Atheros AR5007G.
>>>   
>>>       
>> Neither of which is relevant to this list.
>>
>> Hmm. Technial and Managing Director, eh. Doesn't say much for
>> your company. Oh well, I suppose Irish explains it.
>>
>> Hint: Try a list that is appropriate to your hardware. Note the 9k (i.e.
>> 9000)
>> in this list's title. It's for Atheros 9000 series chipsets.
>>
>>
>> Be lucky,
>>
>> Neil
>>
>>
>>