Re: PCEngines APU2 Wifi router issues

[Stefan Sperling]

On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 07:28:28AM -0500, George wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Dec 2017 12:36:03 -0700
> Steve Williams  wrote:
> > I have one of those cards (WLE200NX ) in my APU.  Be aware that
> > OpenBSD drivers don't give very fast performance for it.  Lots about
> > it in the email list archives.
> > 
> > Mine shows up (OpenBSD 6.1) as:
> > 
> > athn0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR9281" rev 0x01: apic 5
> > int 16 athn0: AR9280 rev 2 (2T2R), ROM rev 22, address
> > 04:f0:21:1b:b3:68
> 
> Thanks Steve that is good to know. Do you have any numbers to share,
> comparison under different OS maybe?
> Regards,
> George

Devices supported by the new bwfm(4) driver could be interesting as well.
http://man.openbsd.org/bwfm
This driver is not yet enabled by default in -current but performance
looks promising and it does support hostap mode already.

Note that these devices use a relatively huge(*) closed-source proprietary
firmware which gives the driver relatively little control over operation
of the device. This means security of these devices is the responsibility
of Broadcom alone, and there is no way around this. We cannot make any
promises regarding security. Do not buy these products if that worries you.

(*) This firmware contains a complete 11ac wireless stack implementation,
i.e. all of the functionality our code base ships in sys/net80211/ and
much more. What appears to the OS looks almost like an Ethernet device.
If^WWhen a serious bug is found after Broadcom ends support, these
devices become dangerous.

Re: PCEngines APU2 Wifi router issues

[George]

On Sat, 23 Dec 2017 12:36:03 -0700
Steve Williams  wrote:

> On 22/12/2017 7:00 PM, Carlos Cardenas wrote:
> > George  wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:25:44 -0800
> >> Carlos Cardenas  wrote:
> >>
> >>> George  wrote:
> >>>
>  Hi guys,
> 
>  I got the apu2b4 to build a wifi router with an Intel Dual Band
>  Wireless AC 7260 wifi module. The module firmware was loaded by
>  fw_update at first boot and connecting to my existing AP works
>  but when
> 
>  I try to set it up as an access point with:
> 
>  ifconfig iwm0 up media autoselect mediaopt hostap mode 11g nwid
>  MySSID wpakey MyKey
> 
>  I get in ifconfig iwm0
>  ...
>  status: no network
>  ...
> 
>  and associating/connecting from my Linux laptop does not work...
>  I am not even seeing the AP with this "MySSID" in the scan
>  listing. Any suggestions or ideas as to what might be wrong are
>  welcome.
> 
>  TIA
>  George
> 
> >>> George,
> >>>
> >>> iwm(4) is not capable for access point usage.
> >>>
> >>> Check out https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Wireless for a
> >>> list.
> >>>
> >>> +--+
> >>> Carlos
> >> Sorry but now I have another question I live in Canada and the
> >> PCEngines website points to one reseller here and they seem to not
> >> have the right card:
> >>
> >> https://corpshadow.biz/bizstore/system-components/wireless-components/radio-cards/
> >>
> >> any idea where I can get one preferably in Canada.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >> George
> > They had the WLE200NX listed on the page:
> > https://corpshadow.biz/bizstore/compex/dualband-80211n-mimo-2x2-minipcie.html
> >
> > If you don't like that card, you can always pick something up on
> > ebay.
> >
> > +--+
> > Carlos
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have one of those cards (WLE200NX ) in my APU.  Be aware that
> OpenBSD drivers don't give very fast performance for it.  Lots about
> it in the email list archives.
> 
> Mine shows up (OpenBSD 6.1) as:
> 
> athn0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR9281" rev 0x01: apic 5
> int 16 athn0: AR9280 rev 2 (2T2R), ROM rev 22, address
> 04:f0:21:1b:b3:68

Thanks Steve that is good to know. Do you have any numbers to share,
comparison under different OS maybe?
Regards,
George

> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve Williams
> 

Re: PCEngines APU2 Wifi router issues

[Steve Williams]

On 22/12/2017 7:00 PM, Carlos Cardenas wrote:

George  wrote:


On Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:25:44 -0800
Carlos Cardenas  wrote:


George  wrote:


Hi guys,

I got the apu2b4 to build a wifi router with an Intel Dual Band
Wireless AC 7260 wifi module. The module firmware was loaded by
fw_update at first boot and connecting to my existing AP works but
when

I try to set it up as an access point with:

ifconfig iwm0 up media autoselect mediaopt hostap mode 11g nwid
MySSID wpakey MyKey

I get in ifconfig iwm0
...
status: no network
...

and associating/connecting from my Linux laptop does not work... I
am not even seeing the AP with this "MySSID" in the scan listing.
Any suggestions or ideas as to what might be wrong are welcome.

TIA
George


George,

iwm(4) is not capable for access point usage.

Check out https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Wireless for a list.

+--+
Carlos

Sorry but now I have another question I live in Canada and the
PCEngines website points to one reseller here and they seem to not have
the right card:

https://corpshadow.biz/bizstore/system-components/wireless-components/radio-cards/

any idea where I can get one preferably in Canada.

Thanks in advance.
George

They had the WLE200NX listed on the page:
https://corpshadow.biz/bizstore/compex/dualband-80211n-mimo-2x2-minipcie.html

If you don't like that card, you can always pick something up on ebay.

+--+
Carlos


Hi,

I have one of those cards (WLE200NX ) in my APU.  Be aware that OpenBSD 
drivers don't give very fast performance for it.  Lots about it in the 
email list archives.


Mine shows up (OpenBSD 6.1) as:

   athn0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR9281" rev 0x01: apic 5 int 16
   athn0: AR9280 rev 2 (2T2R), ROM rev 22, address 04:f0:21:1b:b3:68


Cheers,
Steve Williams

Re: PCEngines APU2 Wifi router issues

[George]

On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 18:00:37 -0800
Carlos Cardenas  wrote:

> George  wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:25:44 -0800
> > Carlos Cardenas  wrote:
> > 
> > > George  wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi guys,
> > > > 
> > > > I got the apu2b4 to build a wifi router with an Intel Dual Band
> > > > Wireless AC 7260 wifi module. The module firmware was loaded by
> > > > fw_update at first boot and connecting to my existing AP works
> > > > but when
> > > > 
> > > > I try to set it up as an access point with:
> > > > 
> > > > ifconfig iwm0 up media autoselect mediaopt hostap mode 11g nwid
> > > > MySSID wpakey MyKey
> > > > 
> > > > I get in ifconfig iwm0
> > > > ...
> > > > status: no network
> > > > ...
> > > > 
> > > > and associating/connecting from my Linux laptop does not
> > > > work... I am not even seeing the AP with this "MySSID" in the
> > > > scan listing. Any suggestions or ideas as to what might be
> > > > wrong are welcome.
> > > > 
> > > > TIA
> > > > George
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > George,
> > > 
> > > iwm(4) is not capable for access point usage.
> > > 
> > > Check out https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Wireless for a
> > > list.
> > > 
> > > +--+
> > > Carlos
> > 
> > Sorry but now I have another question I live in Canada and the
> > PCEngines website points to one reseller here and they seem to not
> > have the right card:
> > 
> > https://corpshadow.biz/bizstore/system-components/wireless-components/radio-cards/
> > 
> > any idea where I can get one preferably in Canada.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > George
> 
> They had the WLE200NX listed on the page:
> https://corpshadow.biz/bizstore/compex/dualband-80211n-mimo-2x2-minipcie.html
> 
> If you don't like that card, you can always pick something up on ebay.
> 
> +--+
> Carlos


Actually no that will work I was looking at the ath not the athn driver
that's why I thought it does not.

Thanks Carlos

Re: PCEngines APU2 Wifi router issues

[Carlos Cardenas]

George  wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:25:44 -0800
> Carlos Cardenas  wrote:
> 
> > George  wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi guys,
> > > 
> > > I got the apu2b4 to build a wifi router with an Intel Dual Band
> > > Wireless AC 7260 wifi module. The module firmware was loaded by
> > > fw_update at first boot and connecting to my existing AP works but
> > > when
> > > 
> > > I try to set it up as an access point with:
> > > 
> > > ifconfig iwm0 up media autoselect mediaopt hostap mode 11g nwid
> > > MySSID wpakey MyKey
> > > 
> > > I get in ifconfig iwm0
> > > ...
> > > status: no network
> > > ...
> > > 
> > > and associating/connecting from my Linux laptop does not work... I
> > > am not even seeing the AP with this "MySSID" in the scan listing.
> > > Any suggestions or ideas as to what might be wrong are welcome.
> > > 
> > > TIA
> > > George
> > > 
> > 
> > George,
> > 
> > iwm(4) is not capable for access point usage.
> > 
> > Check out https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Wireless for a list.
> > 
> > +--+
> > Carlos
> 
> Sorry but now I have another question I live in Canada and the
> PCEngines website points to one reseller here and they seem to not have
> the right card:
> 
> https://corpshadow.biz/bizstore/system-components/wireless-components/radio-cards/
> 
> any idea where I can get one preferably in Canada.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> George

They had the WLE200NX listed on the page:
https://corpshadow.biz/bizstore/compex/dualband-80211n-mimo-2x2-minipcie.html

If you don't like that card, you can always pick something up on ebay.

+--+
Carlos

Re: PCEngines APU2 Wifi router issues

[George]

On Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:25:44 -0800
Carlos Cardenas  wrote:

> George  wrote:
> 
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > I got the apu2b4 to build a wifi router with an Intel Dual Band
> > Wireless AC 7260 wifi module. The module firmware was loaded by
> > fw_update at first boot and connecting to my existing AP works but
> > when
> > 
> > I try to set it up as an access point with:
> > 
> > ifconfig iwm0 up media autoselect mediaopt hostap mode 11g nwid
> > MySSID wpakey MyKey
> > 
> > I get in ifconfig iwm0
> > ...
> > status: no network
> > ...
> > 
> > and associating/connecting from my Linux laptop does not work... I
> > am not even seeing the AP with this "MySSID" in the scan listing.
> > Any suggestions or ideas as to what might be wrong are welcome.
> > 
> > TIA
> > George
> > 
> 
> George,
> 
> iwm(4) is not capable for access point usage.
> 
> Check out https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Wireless for a list.
> 
> +--+
> Carlos

Sorry but now I have another question I live in Canada and the
PCEngines website points to one reseller here and they seem to not have
the right card:

https://corpshadow.biz/bizstore/system-components/wireless-components/radio-cards/

any idea where I can get one preferably in Canada.

Thanks in advance.
George

Re: PCEngines APU2 Wifi router issues

[George]

On Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:25:44 -0800
Carlos Cardenas  wrote:

> George  wrote:
> 
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > I got the apu2b4 to build a wifi router with an Intel Dual Band
> > Wireless AC 7260 wifi module. The module firmware was loaded by
> > fw_update at first boot and connecting to my existing AP works but
> > when
> > 
> > I try to set it up as an access point with:
> > 
> > ifconfig iwm0 up media autoselect mediaopt hostap mode 11g nwid
> > MySSID wpakey MyKey
> > 
> > I get in ifconfig iwm0
> > ...
> > status: no network
> > ...
> > 
> > and associating/connecting from my Linux laptop does not work... I
> > am not even seeing the AP with this "MySSID" in the scan listing.
> > Any suggestions or ideas as to what might be wrong are welcome.
> > 
> > TIA
> > George
> > 
> 
> George,
> 
> iwm(4) is not capable for access point usage.
> 
> Check out https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Wireless for a list.
> 
> +--+
> Carlos


Hehe doh ... should've checked before ordering it.
Thanks Carlos!

Cheers,
George

Re: PCEngines APU2 Wifi router issues

[Carlos Cardenas]

George  wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I got the apu2b4 to build a wifi router with an Intel Dual Band
> Wireless AC 7260 wifi module. The module firmware was loaded by
> fw_update at first boot and connecting to my existing AP works but when
> 
> I try to set it up as an access point with:
> 
> ifconfig iwm0 up media autoselect mediaopt hostap mode 11g nwid MySSID
> wpakey MyKey
> 
> I get in ifconfig iwm0
> ...
> status: no network
> ...
> 
> and associating/connecting from my Linux laptop does not work... I am
> not even seeing the AP with this "MySSID" in the scan listing. Any
> suggestions or ideas as to what might be wrong are welcome.
> 
> TIA
> George
> 

George,

iwm(4) is not capable for access point usage.

Check out https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Wireless for a list.

+--+
Carlos