Hey Bob,
Thank you for your fast reply. I did a little more research the day
after your reply and I succeeded on it.
The issue was that the kernel's regulatory domain isn't set by default.
# iw reg get
country 00: DFS-UNSET
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
(2457 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-IR
(2474 - 2494 @ 20), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-OFDM, NO-IR
(5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-IR
(5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, NO-IR
(5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, NO-IR
(5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-IR
(57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 0), (N/A)
However, if I set it to a specific country, then it works.
# iw reg set ES
# iw reg get
country ES: DFS-ETSI
(2400 - 2483 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
(5150 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR
(5250 - 5350 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS
(5470 - 5725 @ 160), (N/A, 26), (0 ms), DFS
(57000 - 66000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>From the "rules" listed at the right, the one that was blocking the mesh
is "NO-IR", meaning "no initiating radiation"[1].
In short, by default Linux doesn't know where it is, so that it remains
conservative and doesn't let me start conversations.
Best regards,
Ferran
1:
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/regulatory/processing_rules#beacon_hints
On 31/03/15 22:49, Bob Copeland wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 08:44:55PM +0200, ferran wrote:
>> * Channels 12,13,14 and 36 to 48 and 149 to 165
>>
>> ffff MHz [cc] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> In other words you cannot send beacons or other frames on this
> channel.
>
>> Does
>> it have anything to do with regulation restrictions? I have succeeded at
>> connecting to an AP at 5 GHz in managed mode.
> Yes.
>
> Once you start a mesh, it will create the mesh and start beaconing
> immediately, so the regulatory domain of your device and/or CRDA may prevent
> you from doing this.
>
> In managed mode, the device is not beaconing so it doesn't have this
> limitation, although it will not be able to send probe requests.
>
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