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On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/08/2011 11:24 AM, Toddy wrote:
>>
>> Hello Larry,
>>
>> thanks for the quick reply! Yes I know this version is a bit older, but
>> when I
>> use the newest compat-wireless (eg.
>>
>> http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2011-10-07.tar.bz2)
>> the driver loads but some features like monitor-mode and packet injection
>> doesn't work. The listing of available networks (with airodump) doesn't
>> work
>> too. Usually I have 13 channels because I live in Germany but if I use the
>> newest driver I have only 11 channels. But if I use the older
>> compat-wireless
>> package all works fine.
>
> The difference between 11 and 13 channels depends on your CRDA settings. Do
> you have that package installed? Check the output of dmesg to see what
> domain is being set. If you have CRDA installed, then you can force the use
> of Germany in the domain by creating a file named
> /etc/modprobe.d/50-cfg80211.conf containing a single line with "options
> cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=DE" (without the quote marks).
>
> You can get a list of available networks using iwconfig or iw. I know those
> work.
>
> As I do not test, support, nor condone packet injection, I cannot speak to
> it working on any driver.

Well, packet injection is required for Hostapd to work.

>
> Larry
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