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/
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