[ath9k-devel] AR9280 AP mode - 5GHz band

[Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de>]

Am 08.07.2014 13:37, schrieb Janusz Dziedzic:
> On 8 July 2014 08:20, Hosam Hittini <h.hittini@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello there,
>>
>> I have this dual band wireless adapter
>> https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-dual-band-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-nusbdb
>> and it uses AR9280 chipset for the 5GHz communication
>> It?s using ath9k driver; I have Ubuntu 13.10 running 3.11 kernel and the
>> adapter worked out of the box
>> I?m using hostapd to configure the adapter as a software AP
>> When I tried to configure the adapter as an AP on the 2.4GHz channels it
>> worked fine
>> When tried the 5GHz channels it gives me the following error
>>
>> channel [1] (40) is disabled for use in AP mode, flags: 0x77
>> wlan1: IEEE 802.11 Configured channel (40) not found from the channel list
>> of current mode (2) IEEE 802.11a
>> wlan1: IEEE 802.11 Hardware does not support configured channel
>>
>> In addition, iw list command shows that the 5GHz channels have the ?passive
>> scanning? and ?no IBSS? flags
>> I can associate with an AP on the 5GHz though
>> How to solve that
> 
> You can try this - works fine with my 9280
> Compile your kernel with options:
> CONFIG_ATH_REG_DYNAMIC_USER_REG_HINTS=y
> CONFIG_ATH_REG_DYNAMIC_USER_CERT_TESTING=y
> 
> Next set country, eg. iw reg set US
> And check channels available (iw list). You should get 36-48 and
> 149-165 available.
> If available, next you can check hostapd.
> 
> DFS channels should works as well when you enable DFS:
> CONFIG_ATH9K_DFS_CERTIFIED required

He is not using ath9k driver. It is about ath9k_htc :)


-- 
Regards,
Oleksij

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