Re: ath5k master (AP) mode

["Christoph .J Thompson" <cjsthompson@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:04:17 +0000
Alexey Yudichev <ayudichev@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Thanks. This link is broken however simple search brings me here:
> http://wireless.erley.org/
> where the author says that Atheros AR5213A does not work: "Lets me set
> master mode, and activate hostapd, but not found on other machines
> while scanning". Well what I tried is I left the kernel on 2.6.27-13,
> compiled latest compat-wireless, upgraded to hostapd 0.6.8 and I got
> hostapd starting successfully. I configured it for open system and got
> my Windows Mobile 5 PDA connecting to it successfully and even
> interenet was working! WM6 Smartphone connects from 2nd or 3rd attempt
> but has no access to internet for some reason. With WPA2-PSK WM6
> connects but still no internet and WM5 does not connect even though
> the config is pretty standard:
> wpa=3
> wpa_passphrase=abcdefgh
> wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> wpa_pairwise=TKIP CCMP
> 
> Does this resemble your wpa configuration?

I didn't try WPA yet but I will shortly.

> Do you know, if I got this far, can unstable connection and not
> working WPA be related to older kernel?

I can't be sure. I don't have the unstable connection problem but I didn't
use WPA yet. So maybe the unstable connection problem only happens with WPA.

> What clients did you try? I can't understand why internet access works
> on WM5 but not on WM6. Both devices worked great with hardware
> wireless router.

The client was Linux 2.6.29-rc6 with a USB WiFi key with the rtl8187L chipset.

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Christoph .J Thompson <cjsthompson@gmail.com>