To use the software encryption, just to be sure that you load the rt2800usb with nohwcrypt=1.
FYI, ath9k_htc firmware is now able to support hardware encryption if you would like to give a try. The following patches are required: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg129605.html ---- Chun-Yeow On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 1:49 AM, Gillmore, Matthew <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chun-Yeow, > > We tried re-building with a limit of 16 without success. The problem is the > adapter doesn't have enough ram. > > Ironically, adapters that rely on the host processor for the Mac are better > suited for 11s. > > Yesterday, we switched to authsae vs wpa_supplicant and were able to get the > rt2800usb driver to use security. To make it work, the device had to be > configured as a mesh point with iw before authsae loaded. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 13, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Yeoh Chun-Yeow <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, Matthew >> >> For your information, the ath9k_htc firmware is open and you may try >> to change the FW to not limit to 8 stations. >> https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware >> >> But I just doubt whether it can perform well in your case. >> >> --- >> Chun-Yeow >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 5:47 AM, Gillmore, Matthew via Devel >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Bob, >>> >>> I'm currently using wpa_supplicant for configuration. >>> >>> We tried re-building the driver per the recommendation here: >>> http://lists.open80211s.org/pipermail/devel/2013-June/002983.html without >>> success. Stations with SAE turned on show up with iw wlan0 mesh dump, >>> however the next hop is set to O. We are currently using the 3.18.3 >>> kernel tree. >>> >>> Thanks for the help and advice! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Bob Copeland [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 4:07 PM >>> To: Gillmore, Matthew; [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: 802.11s success and challenges >>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 08:25:50PM +0000, Gillmore, Matthew via Devel >>>> wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> My company has been actively testing 802.11s on beaglebone black >>>> devices. Currently we are using the RT2870 and ATH9K devices. >>> >>> Hi Matt, >>> >>> I'm not too familiar with rt2870 -- are you using the upstream rt2800usb >>> driver? >>> >>> If so, looks like it supports software encryption and so you might be able >>> to just add IEEE80211_HW_MFP_CAPABLE to the driver flags and get encrypted >>> mesh working. (What kind of errors are you seeing today?) >>> >>> WRT ath9k_htc - I only have one, so can't test 8 neighbors but I guess we >>> should limit peering once we reach whatever the driver limit is. >>> Are you using authsae or wpa_supplicant for secure mesh? >>> >>> -- >>> Bob Copeland %% http://bobcopeland.com/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Devel mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.open80211s.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.open80211s.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel
