Return-path: Received: from mail.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.172]:37280 "EHLO ns3.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756010Ab1EWV7Y (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2011 17:59:24 -0400 Message-ID: <4DDAD8B9.8090802@candelatech.com> (sfid-20110523_235938_380295_00655783) Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 14:59:21 -0700 From: Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" CC: Mohammed Shafi , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: ath9k 9380: All 5Ghz channels flagged as passive-scanning References: <4DD6E9B5.3020905@candelatech.com> <4DDA913B.1060002@candelatech.com> <4DDAA9ED.1050606@candelatech.com> <4DDAACF3.3050705@candelatech.com> <4DDABEE9.9090608@candelatech.com> <4DDAC8DC.5060803@candelatech.com> <4DDACF56.9070403@candelatech.com> <4DDAD3D5.1070001@candelatech.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 05/23/2011 02:46 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > >> No. You can only do this by trying to take the card out of compliance >> purposely or unknowingly in software. > > Oh and my point was that "regulatory hacks" fit this description. Ok. I believe you are right in general, but I can't see how enabling a device to work on a non-scanned channel can break something, if it is perfectly legal and appropriate for there to be an AP on that scanned channel. In other words, if I change my Netgear to be on channel 48, scanned it, and then created a VAP on that channel, that is OK with un-hacked regdomain stuff, but if instead I change regdomain to 0x0 and use channel 48 without re-configuring my Netgear, somehow that suddenly causes issues? At any rate, all I really wanted to do was tie-break an off the shelf AP that appeared to cause ath9k clients to silently be unable to ARP after a while. I have something that appears functional now, so back to real work. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com