Hi, On 10/30/2015 06:37 PM, Pushpal Sidhu wrote: > Hi, > > I've been working with the Intel 7260 card which advertises itself as > dual band wireless AC card. However, I cannot get it working in AP > mode in the 5GHz range. An $(iw list) shows that the entire 5GHz band > has 'no IR' next to it so as not to allow device radiation (please see > pastebin here: http://pastebin.com/T4BWnBmn). > > After searching around the internet a bit, it seems that the card > doesn't allow for this mode (And is thus not really dual band?). I'd > like to know if this is a firmware limitation and if there's a fix in > place, or if not, why is this card limited to the spectrum it can > radiate at? > 7260 does not (and will not) support AP mode in 5GHz band. This is of course not a hardware limitation since it can function as a station in this band. The limitation is due to regulatory concerns. Later devices (8260) have the ability to be an AP in 5GHz under certain circumstances. -- 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
