On Fri, 2012-12-14 at 15:00 +0100, Christian Lamparter wrote: > On Friday 14 December 2012 10:08:27 Richard Röjfors wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-12-13 at 19:30 +0100, Christian Lamparter wrote: > > > On Thursday, December 13, 2012 12:45:56 AM Richard Röjfors wrote: > > > > I've been playing with an rtl8192 the last days, I want it to act as an > > > > access point. It's connected to an ARM9 box. > > > > > > > > I'm using the latest compat-wireless, with some additional patches for > > > > beacon support. > > > > > > > > My hostapd conf looks like this: > > > > interface=wlan0 > > > > ssid=Test > > > > driver=nl80211 > > > > hw_mode=b > > > > channel=6 > > > > dtim_period=1 > > > > > > > > It almost works. Running hostapd and the networks shows up for my other > > > > machine, which can connect to the network. > > > > > > > > I also get dhcp-requests through and corresponding dhcp responses. But > > > > then the oddness starts. ARP requests sent from the client is received > > > > on the AP side, the IP stack returns an ARP response, and I see it > > > > beeing sent by _rtl_submit_tx_urb and usb_submit_urb returns 0. But > > > > nothing is received on the other end. > > > > Sometimes, very rarely a response can get through, maybe 1 of 100 or so, > > > > or even less. > > > > > > What's your client? Does it switch to power save mode after DHCP response > > > and is it an 11n client as well [same device? different device/driver - > > > yes I know you haven't enabled 11n, but still.]? > > > > I have tested with two clients, my GNU/Linux laptop. It has a intel wlan > > chipset. How would I know if it switches to power save? > iw dev wlanX get power_save Thanks will check. > > if it says "Power save: off", then it will never switch into power-save > mode. > > however, rtl8192cu doesn't generate any beacons > <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/96712> > so the AP mode isn't fully implemented anyway. So, it's a bit > pointless to debug the issue any further at this time. I applied this patch hoping to get beacon support, it has the effect that the clients don't disconnect from the network at least. http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg96128.html > > Btw I saw another difference on the 8192cu AP compared to other AP's > > nearby. Kismet say it had a beacon time of 0, while others had non-zero. > > I applied a patch I found on the list for some beacon handling. > Wait. Are you still talking about rtl8192cu (rtlwifi), or are you now > referring to 8192cu (the vendor driver) I'm only refering to rtl8192cu (rtlwifi). --Richard -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
