2014-03-07 05:55:49

by shankar swaminathan

Subject: rtl8192cu: beacons issue with hostapd

Hi,

i am using a USB dongle that has the RTL 8188 chipset.
On Linux Kernel 3.3.4 it gets detected and the rtl8192cu driver is used.
Upon running hostapd (to use nl80211) in 802.11g mode, I am able to
connect a client, however i do not see beacons when i capture the wifi
packets through a laptop with its wifi interface in monitor mode.

1. Why am i not seeing any beacons? The beacon interval configured in
hostapd is default 100ms.

2. The connection is flaky and i often see Ping drops when i ping an
entity beyond the AP. Is this because of beacon issue?

Please help.

regards,
-shankar

2014-03-07 11:59:47

by shankar swaminathan

Subject: Fwd: rtl8192cu: beacons issue with hostapd

Resending this...kindly help / clarify.

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Hi,

i am using a USB dongle that has the RTL 8188 chipset.
On Linux Kernel 3.3.4 it gets detected and the rtl8192cu driver is used.
Upon running hostapd (to use nl80211) in 802.11g mode, I am able to
connect a client, however i do not see beacons when i capture the wifi
packets through a laptop with its wifi interface in monitor mode.

1. Why am i not seeing any beacons? The beacon interval configured in
hostapd is default 100ms.

2. The connection is flaky and i often see Ping drops when i ping an
entity beyond the AP. Is this because of beacon issue?

Please help.

regards,
-shankar