Return-path: Received: from pool-71-115-156-71.gdrpmi.dsl-w.verizon.net ([71.115.156.71]:47395 "EHLO s0be.servebeer.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754219AbZBKWen (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:34:43 -0500 Message-ID: <4993527D.9070700@erley.org> (sfid-20090211_233445_363569_131F63EB) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:34:37 -0500 From: pat-lkml MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bob Copeland CC: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Norman_Rie=DF?= , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ath5k master (AP) mode References: <49931D52.90904@smash-net.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Bob Copeland wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Norman Rie=DF = wrote: >> Hello, >> >> i pulled wireless-testing kernel today and installed hostapd-0.6.7, = but >> it still does not work. >> >> >> iwconfig wlan0 mode master >> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : >> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. >=20 > Did you apply this patch from upthread? >=20 I can confirm Norman's wireless card's behavior (and have an associate = with the same problem). This is with the upthread patch applied to compat-w= ireless pulled from git. ath5k 0000:0a:05.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 ath5k 0000:0a:05.0: registered as 'phy5' phy5: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid' ath5k phy5: Atheros AR5213A chip found (MAC: 0x59, PHY: 0x43) ath5k phy5: RF5112B multiband radio found (0x36) If I remove the entry from hostapd.conf to set the channel, and force a= channel with iwconfig, hostapd will start, but nothing can associate, and netst= umbler on an XP machine with an atheros card in it does not detect the SSID as= being=20 an access point. Pat Erley -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html