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

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

Am 09.07.2014 07:47, schrieb Hosam Hittini:
> I?m afraid you are right
> I have the following modules running
> ath9k_htc              85879  0 
> ath9k_common           13619  1 ath9k_htc
> ath9k_hw              429197  2 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc
> ath                    19187  3 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc,ath9k_hw
> mac80211              513247  2 rtl8187,ath9k_htc
> cfg80211              401436  4 ath,mac80211,rtl8187,ath9k_htc
> Does recompiling the kernel work?
> And if it works, do I need to install certain patch before recompiling?

Why do you wont to recompile the kernel? If you won't to make work ath9k
driver with your usb adapter, then it will not work.


> Regards,
> Eng. Hosam Hittini
> 
> On Jul 9, 2014, at 8:41 AM, Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de
> <mailto:linux@rempel-privat.de>> wrote:
> 
>> Am 08.07.2014 13:37, schrieb Janusz Dziedzic:
>>> On 8 July 2014 08:20, Hosam Hittini <h.hittini@gmail.com
>>> <mailto: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
> 


-- 
Regards,
Oleksij

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