2014-02-18 12:14:39

by shankar swaminathan

Subject: mac80211 support for RTL chipset

Hi,

I am trying to install and get an USB WiFi dongle in AP ("Master")
mode on linux kernel 3.3.4.

I am not able to get the device to work with mac80211 / cfg80211
driver --> iw does not work but iwconfig works.

Do you know if the RTL 8188CUS and RTL 8188EUS chipsets support mac80211?

Please clarify and help.

regards,
-shankar

2014-02-18 16:08:20

by Larry Finger

Subject: Re: mac80211 support for RTL chipset

On 02/18/2014 06:14 AM, shankar swaminathan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install and get an USB WiFi dongle in AP ("Master")
> mode on linux kernel 3.3.4.
>
> I am not able to get the device to work with mac80211 / cfg80211
> driver --> iw does not work but iwconfig works.
>
> Do you know if the RTL 8188CUS and RTL 8188EUS chipsets support mac80211?

Driver rtl8192cu for the RTL8188CUS does use mac80211. Driver r8188eu for the
RTL8188EU does not.

Larry

2014-02-19 11:44:02

by shankar swaminathan

Subject: Re: mac80211 support for RTL chipset

I was able to get RTL8188CUS chipset to work with the rtl8192cu driver
in AP mode.
It is responding to Probe Requests, however Beacons are not being
transmitted continuously - even when I use hostapd!!
Could you help in debugging this.

thanks,
-shankar


On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Larry Finger <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 02/18/2014 06:14 AM, shankar swaminathan wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to install and get an USB WiFi dongle in AP ("Master")
>> mode on linux kernel 3.3.4.
>>
>> I am not able to get the device to work with mac80211 / cfg80211
>> driver --> iw does not work but iwconfig works.
>>
>> Do you know if the RTL 8188CUS and RTL 8188EUS chipsets support mac80211?
>
>
> Driver rtl8192cu for the RTL8188CUS does use mac80211. Driver r8188eu for
> the RTL8188EU does not.
>
> Larry
>
>