RE: rtw88: rtl8822cs AP mode not working

[Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Viacheslav <adeep@lexina.in>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 3:07 PM
> To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>; Jernej Škrabec <jernej.skrabec@gmail.com>; Martin Blumenstingl
> <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com>
> Subject: rtw88: rtl8822cs AP mode not working
> 
> Hello!
> 
> We use RTL8822CS modules in our devices and we switched to rtw88 from an
> external driver by Realtek. Suddenly we discovered that the AP mode
> (hotspot) stopped working. The hotspot is set up, but it does not
> authorize client connections.
> 
> In attacments log and config files.
> 
> client - notebook with iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E
> AX1675i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (211NGW), REV=0x370
> 

It is probably because RTL8822CS doesn't issue beacon properly. Trying to
capture air packets will be helpful to clarify the problem.

Jan 10 09:45:57 adeepn wpa_supplicant[3326]: wlo1: Associated with 5c:c5:63:2a:70:7a
Jan 10 09:45:58 adeepn wpa_supplicant[3326]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-BEACON-LOSS
Jan 10 09:45:58 adeepn wpa_supplicant[3326]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-BEACON-LOSS
Jan 10 09:45:58 adeepn wpa_supplicant[3326]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-BEACON-LOSS
Jan 10 09:45:58 adeepn wpa_supplicant[3326]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-BEACON-LOSS
Jan 10 09:45:59 adeepn wpa_supplicant[3326]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-BEACON-LOSS
Jan 10 09:45:59 adeepn wpa_supplicant[3326]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=5c:c5:63:2a:70:7a reason=4 locally_generated=1