hi, I'm glad you got it working :)
I haven't done the 'mode 11n' ; I've always just specified it in the channel configuration (eg 6:ht/20). -adrian On 22 July 2017 at 07:40, Georg Bege <georg@bege.email> wrote: > Hi guys, > > just wanted to tell that I got it up and running. > Rather than trying some commands myself, I just chose an n-compatible > channel (channel 40) from the list and put it into hostapd.conf > > hostapd.conf managed to configure the card into the correct mode :-) > > However for informative purposes, I'd still like to know what the > difference is and why in this case hostapd.conf is mandatory? > (I mean I know it is for WPA, but why did the kernel refuse the manual > commands?). > > regards, > Georg > > > -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- > Betreff: Trying to get IEEE80211n (in hostap) running for ATH9280 > Datum: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 15:21:15 +0200 > Von: Georg Bege <georg@bege.email> > Antwort an: georg@bege.email > An: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org > > Hello everyone, > > Im one of the sad people not getting IEEE80211n to run (in hostap!). > Im having an (should be) supported AR9280 chip using an pcMachines APU2 > device. > > ---- > root@orion:~ # dmesg | grep ath > ath0: <Atheros 9280> mem 0xfe800000-0xfe80ffff at device 0.0 on pci4 > [ath] enabling AN_TOP2_FIXUP > ath0: [HT] enabling HT modes > ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC receive enabled > ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC transmit enabled > ath0: [HT] 2 RX streams; 2 TX streams > ath0: AR9280 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0 > ath0: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x00c0 > --- > > At the moment, the machine is running an 11.0-RELEASE (pretty vanilla, > except a couple of installed pkg's) > I just got my hands on it a couple of days ago, right now Im using the > well-working 11g mode: > > ------------------------ snip ------------------------------ > wlan0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric > 0 mtu 1500 > ether 04:f0:21:30:ee:3b > inet6 fe80::6f0:21ff:fe30:ee3b%wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6 > nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap> > status: running > ssid int.ninth-art.de channel 10 (2457 MHz 11g) bssid > 04:f0:21:30:ee:3b > regdomain ETSI country DE ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED > deftxkey 2 AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 30 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme > burst dtimperiod 1 -dfs > groups: wlan > ------------------------ snip ------------------------------ > > The wlan0 device is part of an bridge, because I need it working that > way (not sure if that matters). > > I get proper supported channels with 'ifconfig wlan0 list channels': > > ------------------------ snip ------------------------------ > root@orion:~ # ifconfig wlan0 list channels > Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g ht Channel 48 : 5240 MHz 11a ht > Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g ht Channel 52 : 5260* MHz 11a ht > Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g ht Channel 56 : 5280* MHz 11a ht > Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g ht Channel 60 : 5300* MHz 11a ht > Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g ht Channel 64 : 5320* MHz 11a ht > Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g ht Channel 100 : 5500* MHz 11a ht > Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g ht Channel 104 : 5520* MHz 11a ht > Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g ht Channel 108 : 5540* MHz 11a ht > Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11g ht Channel 112 : 5560* MHz 11a ht > Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11g ht Channel 116 : 5580* MHz 11a ht > Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11g ht Channel 120 : 5600* MHz 11a ht > Channel 12 : 2467 MHz 11g ht Channel 124 : 5620* MHz 11a ht > Channel 13 : 2472 MHz 11g ht Channel 128 : 5640* MHz 11a ht > Channel 36 : 5180 MHz 11a ht Channel 132 : 5660* MHz 11a ht > Channel 40 : 5200 MHz 11a ht Channel 136 : 5680* MHz 11a ht > Channel 44 : 5220 MHz 11a ht Channel 140 : 5700* MHz 11a ht > ------------------------ snip ------------------------------ > > I tried several commands such as 'ifconfig wlan0 mode 11n (or 11ng) > channel 6:ht/40 - or just channel 40 etc. > > All my attempts result in: ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument > > Not sure what's the proper way to setup 11n(g) - there are multiple > entries on multiple forums, people basically tinkering around until they > may get it working (or not?). > > Any hints where I can read up how this works or an page which tells the > definitive commands which are necessary is highly appreciated. > As far as I understood 11.0-RELEASE should be recent enough (?), however > I can of course upgrade the box to 11.0-STABLE as well. > Just not sure if its worth the buzz... > > best regards, > Georg > -- > Georg Bege > Mail: georg@bege.email > XMPP: ther...@ninth-art.de > IRC: megaTherion @ Freenode > > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
