Return-path: Received: from mail-pa0-f44.google.com ([209.85.220.44]:42689 "EHLO mail-pa0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750972AbaAWIuh (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jan 2014 03:50:37 -0500 Received: by mail-pa0-f44.google.com with SMTP id kq14so1583728pab.17 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:50:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <52E0D7D5.6060504@gmail.com> (sfid-20140123_095040_697818_32BE10C8) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 16:50:29 +0800 From: zhuyj MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Emmanuel Grumbach CC: Krishna Chaitanya , "Liu, Bopeng" , linux-wireless , zhuyj Subject: Re: 802.11a is supported in AP mode or not? References: <52DF947E.40800@gmail.com> <52E0BA40.7090203@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 01/23/2014 04:23 PM, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 8:44 AM, zhuyj wrote: >> On 01/23/2014 02:15 PM, Krishna Chaitanya wrote: >>> hostapd -dd -B /etc/hostapd.conf >> root@wind-desktop:~# hostapd -dd -B /etc/hostapd.conf >> >> random: Trying to read entropy from /dev/random >> Configuration file: /etc/hostapd.conf >> ctrl_interface_group=0 >> nl80211: interface wlan0 in phy phy0 >> rfkill: initial event: idx=0 type=1 op=0 soft=0 hard=0 >> nl80211: Using driver-based off-channel TX >> nl80211: Register frame command failed (type=208): ret=-114 (Operation >> already in progress) >> nl80211: Register frame match - hexdump(len=2): 04 0a >> nl80211: Failed to register Action frame processing - ignore for now >> nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 3 >> nl80211: Set mode ifindex 3 iftype 3 (AP) >> nl80211: Create interface iftype 6 (MONITOR) >> nl80211: New interface mon.wlan0 created: ifindex=4 >> nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 4 >> BSS count 1, BSSID mask 00:00:00:00:00:00 (0 bits) >> nl80211: Regulatory information - country=00 >> nl80211: 2402-2472 @ 40 MHz >> nl80211: 2457-2482 @ 40 MHz >> nl80211: 2474-2494 @ 20 MHz >> nl80211: 5170-5250 @ 40 MHz >> nl80211: 5735-5835 @ 40 MHz >> nl80211: Added 802.11b mode based on 802.11g information >> Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=1 freq=2412 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=2 freq=2417 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=3 freq=2422 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=4 freq=2427 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=5 freq=2432 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=6 freq=2437 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=7 freq=2442 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=8 freq=2447 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=9 freq=2452 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=10 freq=2457 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=11 freq=2462 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=1 freq=2412 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=2 freq=2417 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=3 freq=2422 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=4 freq=2427 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=5 freq=2432 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=6 freq=2437 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=7 freq=2442 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=8 freq=2447 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=9 freq=2452 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=10 freq=2457 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=11 freq=2462 MHz max_tx_power=15 dBm >> wlan0: IEEE 802.11 Configured channel (1) not found from the channel list of >> current mode (2) IEEE 802.11a >> >> wlan0: IEEE 802.11 Hardware does not support configured channel >> Could not select hw_mode and channel. (-4) >> wlan0: Unable to setup interface. >> Flushing old station entries >> Deauthenticate all stations >> rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory >> nl80211: Remove interface ifindex=4 >> netlink: Operstate: linkmode=0, operstate=6 >> nl80211: Set mode ifindex 3 iftype 2 (STATION) >> root@wind-desktop:~# >> >> >> root@wind-desktop:~# hostapd -v > I think you have the answer to your question, don't you? > Yeah, maybe the hardware can support 802.11a, but the driver does not support 802.11a?