Thank you for your feedback! :) Am 22.07.2014 14:38, schrieb Hosam Hittini: > I could get it to work by compiling backports-3.15.1-1.tar.xz package, > there is no need to recompile a whole kernel > I first extracted the source files, then used “make defconfig-ath9k” > Then, thanks to your suggestions I used “make menuconfig” to changes > some settings, the following are the ones I marked > cfg80211 regulatory debugging > cfg80211 certification onus > use statically compiled regulatory rules database > cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility > Atheros wireless debugging > Atheros dynamic user regulatory hints > Atheros dynamic user regulatory testing > Atheros ath9k debugging > Detailed station statistics > Atheros DFS support for certified platforms > Atheros ath9k TX99 testing support > Atheros ath9k rfkill support > Atheros HTC based wireless cards support > Atheros ath9k_htc debugging > My db.txt is consisted of the following, it should be copied to > backports-3.15.1-1/net/wireless/ > country 00: > (2402 - 2482 @ 20), (3, 20) > (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (3, 20) > (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (3, 20) > (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (3, 20) > (5735 - 5835 @ 40), (3, 20) > After that I used “make” and “make install” and it works like a charm > However, this caused a conflict with my RTL8187B driver, I needed to > recompile both drivers together to fix that, ( I used “make > defconfig-wifi” instead of “make defconfig-ath9k”) > I felt that my db.txt did not work but that doesn’t matter, because the > 5GHz channels are opened in most countries now > I used “iw reg set AU” and “iw reg get” to check that > > Regards, > Eng. Hosam Hittini > > On Jul 15, 2014, at 10:33 AM, Oleksij Rempel <li...@rempel-privat.de > <mailto:li...@rempel-privat.de>> wrote: > >> Hi Hosam, >> >> currently no one can give you good answer on it. If you can do some >> research on this issue and give some feedback or even fix it, it will be >> awesome. >> >> Am 12.07.2014 00:21, schrieb Hosam Hittini: >>> I managed to change the CRDA settings by getting backports >>> package >>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/stable/v3.15.1/, >>> modifying the db.txt and forcing the driver to follow my db.txt >>> This how my db.txt looks like >>> country 00: >>> (2402 - 2482 @ 20), (N/A, 20) >>> (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20) >>> (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20) >>> (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 20) >>> (5735 - 5835 @ 40), (N/A, 20)Regards, >>> However, when I try to configure the AP on a 5GHz channel I still get >>> the same error >>> wlan0: IEEE 802.11 Configured channel (36) not found from the channel >>> list of current mode (2) IEEE 802.11a >>> There is one more strange thing, the output of iw reg get and iw list >>> have a conflict >>> hosam@SanDisk-16:~$ iw reg get >>> country 00: >>> (2402 - 2482 @ 20), (N/A, 20) >>> (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20) >>> (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20) >>> (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 20) >>> (5735 - 5835 @ 40), (N/A, 20) >>> iw list >>> Frequencies: >>> * 5180 MHz [36] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) >>> * 5200 MHz [40] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) >>> * 5220 MHz [44] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) >>> * 5240 MHz [48] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) >>> * 5260 MHz [52] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> * 5280 MHz [56] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> * 5300 MHz [60] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> * 5320 MHz [64] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> * 5500 MHz [100] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> * 5520 MHz [104] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> * 5540 MHz [108] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> * 5560 MHz [112] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> * 5580 MHz [116] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> * 5600 MHz [120] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> * 5620 MHz [124] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> * 5640 MHz [128] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> * 5660 MHz [132] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> * 5680 MHz [136] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> * 5700 MHz [140] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> * 5745 MHz [149] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) >>> * 5765 MHz [153] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) >>> * 5785 MHz [157] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) >>> * 5805 MHz [161] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) >>> * 5825 MHz [165] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) >>> >>> Regards, >>> Eng. Hosam Hittini >>> >>> On Jul 9, 2014, at 12:50 PM, Oleksij Rempel <li...@rempel-privat.de >>> <mailto:li...@rempel-privat.de> >>> <mailto:li...@rempel-privat.de>> wrote: >>> >>>> Am 09.07.2014 07:47, schrieb Hosam Hittini: >>>>> I’m afraid you are right >>>>> I have the following modules running >>>>> ath9k_htc 85879 0 >>>>> ath9k_common 13619 1 ath9k_htc >>>>> ath9k_hw 429197 2 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc >>>>> ath 19187 3 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc,ath9k_hw >>>>> mac80211 513247 2 rtl8187,ath9k_htc >>>>> cfg80211 401436 4 ath,mac80211,rtl8187,ath9k_htc >>>>> Does recompiling the kernel work? >>>>> And if it works, do I need to install certain patch before recompiling? >>>> >>>> Why do you wont to recompile the kernel? If you won't to make work ath9k >>>> driver with your usb adapter, then it will not work. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Eng. Hosam Hittini >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 9, 2014, at 8:41 AM, Oleksij Rempel <li...@rempel-privat.de >>>>> <mailto:li...@rempel-privat.de> >>>>> <mailto:li...@rempel-privat.de> >>>>> <mailto:li...@rempel-privat.de>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Am 08.07.2014 13:37, schrieb Janusz Dziedzic: >>>>>>> On 8 July 2014 08:20, Hosam Hittini <h.hitt...@gmail.com >>>>>>> <mailto:h.hitt...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> <mailto:h.hitt...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> <mailto:h.hitt...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>>>> Hello there, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have this dual band wireless adapter >>>>>>>> https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-dual-band-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-nusbdb >>>>>>>> and it uses AR9280 chipset for the 5GHz communication >>>>>>>> It’s using ath9k driver; I have Ubuntu 13.10 running 3.11 kernel >>>>>>>> and the >>>>>>>> adapter worked out of the box >>>>>>>> I’m using hostapd to configure the adapter as a software AP >>>>>>>> When I tried to configure the adapter as an AP on the 2.4GHz >>>>>>>> channels it >>>>>>>> worked fine >>>>>>>> When tried the 5GHz channels it gives me the following error >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> channel [1] (40) is disabled for use in AP mode, flags: 0x77 >>>>>>>> wlan1: IEEE 802.11 Configured channel (40) not found from the >>>>>>>> channel list >>>>>>>> of current mode (2) IEEE 802.11a >>>>>>>> wlan1: IEEE 802.11 Hardware does not support configured channel >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In addition, iw list command shows that the 5GHz channels have the >>>>>>>> “passive >>>>>>>> scanning” and “no IBSS” flags >>>>>>>> I can associate with an AP on the 5GHz though >>>>>>>> How to solve that >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You can try this - works fine with my 9280 >>>>>>> Compile your kernel with options: >>>>>>> CONFIG_ATH_REG_DYNAMIC_USER_REG_HINTS=y >>>>>>> CONFIG_ATH_REG_DYNAMIC_USER_CERT_TESTING=y >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Next set country, eg. iw reg set US >>>>>>> And check channels available (iw list). You should get 36-48 and >>>>>>> 149-165 available. >>>>>>> If available, next you can check hostapd. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> DFS channels should works as well when you enable DFS: >>>>>>> CONFIG_ATH9K_DFS_CERTIFIED required >>>>>> >>>>>> He is not using ath9k driver. It is about ath9k_htc :) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Oleksij >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> Oleksij >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Oleksij >
-- Regards, Oleksij
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