2009/2/10 RUMI Szabolcs <rumi_ml@xxxxxxx>: > Hello Everyone! > > To put it simple: IT WORKS! :) > > The recipe: > > wireless-testing-git pull from earlier today with the only > modification being this: > > -----8<---------------------------------------- > > --- wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c 2009-02-10 06:11:43.186470883 +0100 > +++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c.old 2008-11-14 09:36:40.000000000 +0100 > @@ -522,6 +501,7 @@ > hw->wiphy->interface_modes = > BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) | > BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) | > + BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) | > BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT); > > hw->extra_tx_headroom = 2; > > -----8<---------------------------------------- > > Otherwise hostapd-0.6.7, nothing special on the userland. > > In detail: > > - Open System mode works with Tx fluctuating between 4-6 Mbps > and Rx between 10-14 Mbps regardless of the distance or signal > strength. It was tested standing 1m away from the AP antenna > (signal 100/100) up to 15m away with several thick walls in > between (signal 60/100) but throughput figures remained the > same. > > - MAC address filtering does work. It probably always did, > I think I've just messed up the configuration the last time > and that was the reason back then, sorry. > > - WEP mode does not work, apparently the driver does not allow > setting it and hostapd is exiting on that error. > > - WPA and WPA2 have been tested and they seem to be working! > > A small hint is that the WPA pre-shared key should be given > in hex both for hostapd and on the clients, otherwise there can > be differences in translation from ASCII to hex which in turn > may lead to an authentication failure. > > I've tried to push some 100 MBs through the link in both directions > both with WPA/WPA2 turned off and then on and it seems to be rock > solid so far. CPU usage both on the AP host and the client is > negligible in any case, the throughput isn't affected by turning > on WPA/WPA2 either. > > Thank you all! > > Best regards, > Sab > The only reason we haven't enabled AP support yet is that it didn't work on some devices and we need to make more tests to be sure that it's ok. -- GPG ID: 0xD21DB2DB As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) Nick -- 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
