hi,
you should just be able to configure the channel as 11:ht/20 before
you start hostapd.
-a
On 3 June 2017 at 13:52, Pietro Sammarco via freebsd-wireless
wrote:
> Hello folks.
>
> I am here once again trying to figure out how to enable 802.11n in HOSTAPD
> for the Atheros 9280 wireless chip on FreeBSD 11.
>
> Although "ieee80211n" is not recognized by FreeBSD's HOSTAPD, If I am not
> mistaken I was told that it would handle 802.11n tx/rx automatically on
> supported interfaces, and based on
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/ath(4)/80211n mine appear to be supported.
> Still, the antennas are transferring in G mode.
>
> Do I need to build a custom kernel with "options ATH_ENABLE_11N" enabled?
> Also, do I need to be on -HEAD for this to work? I have downloaded 11-STABLE
> branch sources and "options ATH_ENABLE_11N" seems to be enabled by default
> with GENERIC kernel, I could be wrong though. Right now I am on FreeBSD
> 11-RELEASE p9.
>
> $ sudo dmesg |grep ath
> Password:
> ath0: mem 0xfe40-0xfe40 at device 0.0 on pci1
> [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: 0x; 5GHz radio: 0x00c0
> ath1: mem 0xfe80-0xfe80 at device 0.0 on pci5
> [ath] enabling AN_TOP2_FIXUP
> ath1: [HT] enabling HT modes
> ath1: [HT] 1 stream STBC receive enabled
> ath1: [HT] 1 stream STBC transmit enabled
> ath1: [HT] 2 RX streams; 2 TX streams
> ath1: AR9280 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0
> ath1: 2GHz radio: 0x; 5GHz radio: 0x00c0
>
> $ ifconfig wlan0 && ifconfig wlan0 list caps
> wlan0: flags=8943 metric 0
> mtu 1500
> ether 04:f0:21:2e:54:4a
> nd6 options=29
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
> status: running
> ssid WirelessFreedom channel 11 (2462 MHz 11g) bssid 04:f0:21:2e:54:4a
> regdomain FCC country US ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED
> deftxkey 3 TKIP 2:128-bit TKIP 3:128-bit txpower 30 scanvalid 60
> protmode CTS wme burst dtimperiod 1 -dfs
> groups: wlan
> drivercaps=4f8def41
> cryptocaps=1f
> htcaps=701ce
>
> $ cat /etc/hostapd-wlan0.conf
> interface=wlan0
> bssid=04:f0:21:2e:54:4a
> channel=11
> country_code=US # the country code
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> logger_syslog=-1
> logger_syslog_level=2
> ssid=WirelessFreedom
> wpa=2
> max_num_sta=255
> beacon_int=100
> #wmm_enabled=1
> # spaces between beginning and end of the password will be counted as part
> of it!!!
> wpa_passphrase=XXe
> wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> wpa_pairwise=TKIP CCMP
>
> $ cat /etc/rc.conf |grep wlan0
> wlans_ath0="wlan0"
> create_args_wlan0="wlanmode hostap"
> ifconfig_wlan0="up"
>
> $ cat /boot/loader.conf |grep ath
> if_ath_load="YES"
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Regards,
> Pietro
> **
>
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