Re: Realtek rtl8192se in AP mode?

[Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>]

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On 12/25/2011 06:59 PM, Jean-Luc Duprat wrote:
> I am trying to find out whether the Realtek rtl8192se is
> known to be stable and reliable in AP mode.  It certainly
> became functional with kernel 3.0 and I can get the interface
> into master mode, but whenever I try to connect to it my laptop reports
> connection timeouts.  Digging a little more with wireshark, it
> seems that authentication packets exchanged, but no association
> packets are coming through...
>
> I have detailed the details of my configuration in a post in the fedora forums:
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1533542
>
> Since this is a small-factor mini-ITX box, I'd like to get the
> built-in adapter to work.  Any reports of success using this chip in AP mode?
> I'm happy to help track down and debug any issues.

Jean-Luc,

I have had some success in getting rtl8192se to work as an AP using the attached 
patch on top of the latest wireless-testing. A recent compat-wireless should 
also work.

I need to do a lot more testing, but I had a ping going for 8100 seconds with 2% 
packet loss. Obviously, there is room for improvement but at least there is 
progress. BTW, I'm using a 10ec:8174 device for testing.

Larry



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Driver rtl8192se does not work in AP mode until this change is
applied.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
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Index: wireless-testing-new/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/ps.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing-new.orig/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/ps.c
+++ wireless-testing-new/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/ps.c
@@ -239,9 +239,6 @@ void rtl_ips_nic_on(struct ieee80211_hw
 	enum rf_pwrstate rtstate;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (mac->opmode != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
-		return;
-
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtlpriv->locks.ips_lock, flags);
 
 	if (ppsc->inactiveps) {