From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68C33C433E9 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2020 03:53:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3763A207B3 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2020 03:53:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726189AbgL3Dxn (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Dec 2020 22:53:43 -0500 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:51835 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726138AbgL3Dxm (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Dec 2020 22:53:42 -0500 Received: from mail-lf1-f70.google.com ([209.85.167.70]) by youngberry.canonical.com with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kuSXk-0003pj-Ti for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2020 03:53:01 +0000 Received: by mail-lf1-f70.google.com with SMTP id 7so9756520lfz.12 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2020 19:53:00 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=qYdIlPGGc7PVtxMFBX411dg4CHeinpfUfkSyc9utqLs=; b=FHVwXFvfSDA9SkHce7yNB3JfixAmV/uXBuEVcbsX6CEy1H6G+px3OPF8a6S/eAN/TQ jmuiumcRWm+Up492U2N29eKqCJYLDkRPFjMGNd6LKkp6xT0hwwU6nrEAU1i/ZBvYjUBy c6s837/QAHNJjC04mFppu2mRTlU6S2f67QZiT42UvCToNBCEPjboO8jyZtZn0+U2RmM3 YEjBvwDhT5CjmRxQIURX7Tl7Vy/AZPxkmuk15mO3QqpLgF68bkMy1Cv+ZeU9GlBqX6D6 UTywHB8pVa4qoZ1alKDW0d3X51eOp4KXw+V1JkOHMcViZsTllDGqYdEZJlEPICCJACvw jJOw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531RAv3CZApTE1NyfOybg00pnCKwdEYuCf4eabHx8pzE5cIx2qnn 2pG0wdcS7U6NlXRtcxGSZWiibqBqNSfcegUVvUbOtf04QG2PTl/l3zhKnxcQkpAqIFX7g71Svpe 9KAloWufZxspj5kPvlxGUhhCWh9q4z1jLA5PlvavxNslOZco8Ws5f2SGZjfTJ X-Received: by 2002:ac2:561b:: with SMTP id v27mr21493078lfd.425.1609300380143; Tue, 29 Dec 2020 19:53:00 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyuLDCRUXuGk3mY0vcmjKxnFEMS5/w4MugRd5wcnZ8BkbOREuo1f8XWdH8GDSjHvoK08Ze10SMKxqwWkxn++qU= X-Received: by 2002:ac2:561b:: with SMTP id v27mr21493070lfd.425.1609300379915; Tue, 29 Dec 2020 19:52:59 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1609294366.3846.3.camel@realtek.com> In-Reply-To: <1609294366.3846.3.camel@realtek.com> From: Kai-Heng Feng Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 11:52:48 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 802.11ac AP mode support on Realtek 8821AE? To: Pkshih Cc: "Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "hugh.chao@canonical.com" , "ethan.hsieh@canonical.com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 10:13 AM Pkshih wrote: > > On Fri, 2020-12-25 at 12:16 +0800, Kai-Heng Feng wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 2:18 AM Larry Finger > > wrote: > > > > > > On 12/24/20 7:26 AM, Kai-Heng Feng wrote: > > > > Hi Ping-Ke, > > > > > > > > We've found that when creating 5G AP on 8821AE, it's not on other > > > > devices' wifi list. > > > > > > > > Here's the steps I used to create an AP: > > > > $ nmcli c add type wifi ifname wlp3s0 con-name hello autoconnect no ssid > > hello > > > > $ nmcli c modify hello 802-11-wireless.mode ap ipv4.method shared > > > > 802-11-wireless.band a > > > > $ nmcli connection up hello > > > > > > > > If we change "802-11-wireless.band" to "bg", then the AP can be > > > > scanned by other devices. > > > > Does 8821AE have hardware capability to support 5G AP? > > Yes, it has hardware capability of 5G AP. > > I want to make sure which chip you use. 8821AE with rtlwifi, or 8821CE with > rtw88? 8821AE with rtlwifi here. Kai-Heng > > --- > Ping-Ke >