Hi Martin,
Am 28.04.23 um 17:08 schrieb Martin Kaistra:
This series intends to bring AP mode support to the rtl8xxxu driver,
more specifically for the 8188f, because this is the HW I have.
The work is based on the vendor driver as I do not have access to
datasheets.
I tried to enable AP mode for a 8188EU device (TP-Link TL-WN725N) with
some mixed results.
I added .supports_ap = 1 and .max_macid_num = 16 to rtl8188eu_fops.
The AP was visible and I once was able to connect to it. When connected,
the link was stable, but I didn't do any benchmarks.
Most of my tries I was not able to establish a connection (looks like
timeouts) and once I got this message:
usb 1-4: rtl8xxxu_send_beacon_frame: Failed to read beacon valid bit
The driver I am using currently is the out-of-tree driver rtl8188eu [1],
which has a stable AP mode, but has some stability issues in managed mode.
Please give me a hint if and how I may help tracking down the issue to
enable AP mode for 8188EU as well.
Best regards,
Georg
[1]
https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu/tree/v5.2.2.4
