Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k

2010-03-12 Thread Joerg Pommnitz
--- Bob Copeland wrote: > Also, your > quality > may vary widely depending on how noisy the environment is; > we > don't do noise immunity yet and that can make a big > difference > (usually only matters once you're connected, though). Bob, I think you are right on the mark with this. I have cha

Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k

2010-03-12 Thread Joerg Pommnitz
very noisy environment here, so Bob's comment about the missing ANI might be the key. -- Regards Joerg --- Holger Schurig schrieb am Fr, 12.3.2010: > Von: Holger Schurig > Betreff: Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k > An: ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org > CC: "

Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k

2010-03-12 Thread Holger Schurig
Some clients (including mac80211 as client) use probe requests (frame 59) to the AP to find out if they're still connected, e.g. see net/mac80211/work.c for IEEE80211_ASSOC_MAX_TRIES and friends. After the probe without answer, there was still a successfull data exchange, see the ARP query/resp

Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k

2010-03-12 Thread Joerg Pommnitz
--- Bob Copeland wrote: > Not really, but running hostap with -t may give more > information. > The next step after that is to get a packet capture from > another > station to see what's happening during the exchange.  > It could be > some problem with open system authentication. Bob, I installe

Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k

2010-03-11 Thread Bob Copeland
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 07:44:33AM -0800, Joerg Pommnitz wrote: > > ath5k AP mode is rock stable on 2.6.32, if two patches are > > applied. > > (Search the list archives). I did not test 2.6.33, yet. But > > this release > > should include those patches out of the box. For what it's worth, I descr

Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k

2010-03-11 Thread Joerg Pommnitz
--- Michael Buesch schrieb wrote: > > ath5k AP mode is rock stable on 2.6.32, if two patches are > applied. > (Search the list archives). I did not test 2.6.33, yet. But > this release > should include those patches out of the box. > > -- > Greetings, Michael. Interesting, but unfortunately no

Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k

2010-03-11 Thread Michael Buesch
On Wednesday 10 March 2010 21:03:22 Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:53:08AM -0800, Joerg Pommnitz wrote: > > --- Bob Copeland wrote: > > > > > Von: Bob Copeland > > > Betreff: Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k > > > A

Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k

2010-03-11 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
Joerg Pommnitz wrote: > Luis, Bob, Mark, > can you suggest a known to be working software combination? Might there be a > special problem with AR5212 based cards (PCI ID 168C:0013)? > Is there anything I can help to track down the problem I see? > > Regards > Joerg Hi Joerg, I've just checke

Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k

2010-03-11 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > Huh? A few users are using ath5k with AP mode just fine. > > Luis Yeah. We switched over to ath5k from madwifi for our WLAN several months ago. Initially it didn't work particularly well with the network disappearing from scans all the time, however an upgrade to a

Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k

2010-03-11 Thread Joerg Pommnitz
--- Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: > Von: Mark Cave-Ayland > Betreff: Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k > An: "Luis R. Rodriguez" > CC: "Joerg Pommnitz" , "Michael Buesch" , > "ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org" > Datum: Donnerstag, 11.

Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k

2010-03-10 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:53:08AM -0800, Joerg Pommnitz wrote: > --- Bob Copeland wrote: > > > Von: Bob Copeland > > Betreff: Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k > > An: "Joerg Pommnitz" > > CC: ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org > > Datum: Diens

Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k

2010-03-10 Thread Joerg Pommnitz
--- Bob Copeland wrote: > Von: Bob Copeland > Betreff: Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k > An: "Joerg Pommnitz" > CC: ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org > Datum: Dienstag, 9. März, 2010 16:41 Uhr > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Joerg > Pommnitz > wro

Re: [ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k

2010-03-09 Thread Bob Copeland
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Joerg Pommnitz wrote: > Hello all, > seeing that there is a new burst of activity in ath5k I'd like to know > whether there is any hope for reliable AP mode support. No, no hope at all! :) > So, any ideas? What kind of client? What does 'iwconfig power off' on

[ath5k-devel] AP mode support in ath5k

2010-03-09 Thread Joerg Pommnitz
Hello all, seeing that there is a new burst of activity in ath5k I'd like to know whether there is any hope for reliable AP mode support. I just tested Bruno's patches to see if there is any improvement, but unfortunately I was still not able to associate a client with an ath5k/hostapd AP. Som