Return-path: Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.128.190]:13647 "EHLO fk-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754033AbZCJVEW (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:04:22 -0400 Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f33so780933fkf.5 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:04:18 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090306084527.5a3b6300.cjsthompson@gmail.com> References: <4dd58f490903041329p54ec56ceh1b64ab000027eac5@mail.gmail.com> <4dd58f490903041333y4e2abe8r72204232ec4a65ac@mail.gmail.com> <20090304232625.cc47eb46.cjsthompson@gmail.com> <4dd58f490903041451x5044b464k47d70b1210b12f11@mail.gmail.com> <20090304232527.058017da.cjsthompson@gmail.com> <4dd58f490903051449h3b2eb96ay5d83d7ea8129370f@mail.gmail.com> <20090306084527.5a3b6300.cjsthompson@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:04:17 +0000 Message-ID: <4dd58f490903101404m3678728ag13735851e232a8f4@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20090310_220425_572271_AE791602) Subject: Re: ath5k master (AP) mode From: Alexey Yudichev To: "Christoph J. Thompson" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > > On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 22:49:16 +0000 > Alexey Yudichev wrote: > > Thanks Christoph, looks like ubuntu is currently at 2.6.28 and I do > > not want to attempt installing non-ubuntu-patched kernel. Also, what > > is the driver option value in your hostapd config? Is it nl80211? And > > last question, do you know anything about that "another" patch for pre > > 2.6.29 kernels? > > Hi, > > Yes, the driver option value is nl80211. This is the patch you are looking for I think: > > http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/030-allow-ap-vlan-modes.patch > > > -- > Christoph J. Thompson 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? Do you know, if I got this far, can unstable connection and not working WPA be related to older kernel? 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.