Setup of wireless AP using an intel 7260-ac on 5Ghz+ band, linux 3.15.1 (was: No channels available (no IR) in 5Ghz band for intel 7260-ac

Setup of wireless AP using an intel 7260-ac on 5Ghz+ band, linux 3.15.1 (was: No channels available (no IR) in 5Ghz band for intel 7260-ac

[Emmanuel Grumbach]

>>
>>
>> On 06/24/2014 03:50 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:55:48PM +0200, Victor wrote:
>>>> Hello, first of all i'm not sure if this is the proper place to ask
>>>> since it seems mostly dev-related, but i have been looking everywhere
>>>> trying to find a solution without luck, so i'm not sure if i
>>>> encountered some kind of bug.
>>>>
>>>> Context: Setup of wireless AP using an intel 7260-ac on 5Ghz+ band, linux 3.15.1
>>
>> This configuration is not supported.
>
> Do you know why? it is supported in other kernel version?, i got the
> device mainly for to be used as 802.11ac AP  :/, on the product brief
> they state it is designed for AP mode
> http://www.intel.es/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-briefs/dual-band-wireless-ac-7260-bluetooth-brief.pdf,
> and in iw it appears as supported too
>

AP mode is supported - not on 5.2 GHz band.

Re: Setup of wireless AP using an intel 7260-ac on 5Ghz+ band, linux 3.15.1 (was: No channels available (no IR) in 5Ghz band for intel 7260-ac

[Johannes Stezenbach]

Hi Emmanuel,

On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 03:50:43PM +0300, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
> >> On 06/24/2014 03:50 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:55:48PM +0200, Victor wrote:
> >>>> Hello, first of all i'm not sure if this is the proper place to ask
> >>>> since it seems mostly dev-related, but i have been looking everywhere
> >>>> trying to find a solution without luck, so i'm not sure if i
> >>>> encountered some kind of bug.
> >>>>
> >>>> Context: Setup of wireless AP using an intel 7260-ac on 5Ghz+ band, linux 3.15.1
> >>
> >> This configuration is not supported.
> >
> > Do you know why? it is supported in other kernel version?, i got the
> > device mainly for to be used as 802.11ac AP  :/, on the product brief
> > they state it is designed for AP mode
> > http://www.intel.es/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-briefs/dual-band-wireless-ac-7260-bluetooth-brief.pdf,
> > and in iw it appears as supported too
> 
> AP mode is supported - not on 5.2 GHz band.

Just out of curiosity, may I ask why?  Shouldn't regdb/crda allow
you to support it?

Thanks,
Johannes

Re: Setup of wireless AP using an intel 7260-ac on 5Ghz+ band, linux 3.15.1 (was: No channels available (no IR) in 5Ghz band for intel 7260-ac

[Emmanuel Grumbach]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Johannes Stezenbach <js@sig21.net> wrote:
> Hi Emmanuel,
>
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 03:50:43PM +0300, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
>> >> On 06/24/2014 03:50 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>> >>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:55:48PM +0200, Victor wrote:
>> >>>> Hello, first of all i'm not sure if this is the proper place to ask
>> >>>> since it seems mostly dev-related, but i have been looking everywhere
>> >>>> trying to find a solution without luck, so i'm not sure if i
>> >>>> encountered some kind of bug.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Context: Setup of wireless AP using an intel 7260-ac on 5Ghz+ band, linux 3.15.1
>> >>
>> >> This configuration is not supported.
>> >
>> > Do you know why? it is supported in other kernel version?, i got the
>> > device mainly for to be used as 802.11ac AP  :/, on the product brief
>> > they state it is designed for AP mode
>> > http://www.intel.es/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-briefs/dual-band-wireless-ac-7260-bluetooth-brief.pdf,
>> > and in iw it appears as supported too
>>
>> AP mode is supported - not on 5.2 GHz band.
>
> Just out of curiosity, may I ask why?  Shouldn't regdb/crda allow
> you to support it?
>

We don't use CRDA - we enforce the regulatory in the device itself -
hence it can't change its behavior based on the location.