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* AR9227: Can't set master mode
@ 2013-05-17  8:54 Felix Blanke
  2013-05-17  9:17 ` Thomas Klute
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Felix Blanke @ 2013-05-17  8:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-wireless

Hi,

first: Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the list.

I have the following wireless card: 04:02.0 Network controller:
Atheros Communications Inc. AR9227 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

I can't set it to master mode, but this card should support it:

server ~ # iwconfig wlp4s2
wlp4s2    IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=19 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

server ~ # iwconfig wlp4s2 mode Master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlp4s2 ; Invalid argument.


My kernel config should be correct:

server linux # cat .config | grep ATH9K
CONFIG_ATH9K_HW=y
CONFIG_ATH9K_COMMON=y
# CONFIG_ATH9K_BTCOEX_SUPPORT is not set
CONFIG_ATH9K=y
CONFIG_ATH9K_PCI=y
# CONFIG_ATH9K_AHB is not set
# CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUGFS is not set
CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL=y
# CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC is not set

server linux # cat .config | grep MAC80211
CONFIG_MAC80211=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_HAS_RC=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL_HT=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT="minstrel_ht"
# CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH is not set
CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS=y
# CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS is not set
# CONFIG_MAC80211_MESSAGE_TRACING is not set
# CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU is not set
# CONFIG_MAC80211_HWSIM is not set


I can scan for wireless networks and probably also connect to them
(never tested because this is not an use case for me).

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,
Felix

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* Re: AR9227: Can't set master mode
  2013-05-17  8:54 AR9227: Can't set master mode Felix Blanke
@ 2013-05-17  9:17 ` Thomas Klute
  2013-05-17  9:21   ` Felix Blanke
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Klute @ 2013-05-17  9:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Felix Blanke; +Cc: linux-wireless

Am 17.05.2013 10:54, schrieb Felix Blanke:
> Hi,
> 
> first: Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the list.
> 
> I have the following wireless card: 04:02.0 Network controller:
> Atheros Communications Inc. AR9227 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
> 
> I can't set it to master mode, but this card should support it:
> 
> server ~ # iwconfig wlp4s2
> wlp4s2    IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any
>           Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=19 dBm
>           Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
> 
> server ~ # iwconfig wlp4s2 mode Master
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>     SET failed on device wlp4s2 ; Invalid argument.

You cannot set any card to master mode this way, you have to use hostapd
to set up the access point interface. The documentation at
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd should help. :-)

I'd also recommend using iw instead of iwconfig, see
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw

> My kernel config should be correct:
> 
> server linux # cat .config | grep ATH9K
> CONFIG_ATH9K_HW=y
> CONFIG_ATH9K_COMMON=y
> # CONFIG_ATH9K_BTCOEX_SUPPORT is not set
> CONFIG_ATH9K=y
> CONFIG_ATH9K_PCI=y
> # CONFIG_ATH9K_AHB is not set
> # CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUGFS is not set
> CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL=y
> # CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC is not set
> 
> server linux # cat .config | grep MAC80211
> CONFIG_MAC80211=y
> CONFIG_MAC80211_HAS_RC=y
> CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL=y
> CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL_HT=y
> CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL=y
> CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT="minstrel_ht"
> # CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH is not set
> CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS=y
> # CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS is not set
> # CONFIG_MAC80211_MESSAGE_TRACING is not set
> # CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU is not set
> # CONFIG_MAC80211_HWSIM is not set
> 
> 
> I can scan for wireless networks and probably also connect to them
> (never tested because this is not an use case for me).
> 
> Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
> 
> Kind regards,
> Felix
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
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> 

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* Re: AR9227: Can't set master mode
  2013-05-17  9:17 ` Thomas Klute
@ 2013-05-17  9:21   ` Felix Blanke
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Felix Blanke @ 2013-05-17  9:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Thomas Klute; +Cc: linux-wireless

I knew about hostapd, but I wanted to test the master mode first. You
can still find a lot of tutorials that uses this command to set it to
master mode :( So those are all outdated?

I'll try messing around with hostapd. Thanks for your reply!

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Thomas Klute
<thomas2.klute@uni-dortmund.de> wrote:
> Am 17.05.2013 10:54, schrieb Felix Blanke:
>> Hi,
>>
>> first: Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the list.
>>
>> I have the following wireless card: 04:02.0 Network controller:
>> Atheros Communications Inc. AR9227 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
>>
>> I can't set it to master mode, but this card should support it:
>>
>> server ~ # iwconfig wlp4s2
>> wlp4s2    IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any
>>           Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=19 dBm
>>           Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>>           Encryption key:off
>>           Power Management:off
>>
>> server ~ # iwconfig wlp4s2 mode Master
>> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>>     SET failed on device wlp4s2 ; Invalid argument.
>
> You cannot set any card to master mode this way, you have to use hostapd
> to set up the access point interface. The documentation at
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd should help. :-)
>
> I'd also recommend using iw instead of iwconfig, see
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw
>
>> My kernel config should be correct:
>>
>> server linux # cat .config | grep ATH9K
>> CONFIG_ATH9K_HW=y
>> CONFIG_ATH9K_COMMON=y
>> # CONFIG_ATH9K_BTCOEX_SUPPORT is not set
>> CONFIG_ATH9K=y
>> CONFIG_ATH9K_PCI=y
>> # CONFIG_ATH9K_AHB is not set
>> # CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUGFS is not set
>> CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL=y
>> # CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC is not set
>>
>> server linux # cat .config | grep MAC80211
>> CONFIG_MAC80211=y
>> CONFIG_MAC80211_HAS_RC=y
>> CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL=y
>> CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL_HT=y
>> CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL=y
>> CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT="minstrel_ht"
>> # CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH is not set
>> CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS=y
>> # CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS is not set
>> # CONFIG_MAC80211_MESSAGE_TRACING is not set
>> # CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU is not set
>> # CONFIG_MAC80211_HWSIM is not set
>>
>>
>> I can scan for wireless networks and probably also connect to them
>> (never tested because this is not an use case for me).
>>
>> Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Felix
>> --
>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in
>> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
>> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
>>

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