On 12/25/2011 06:59 PM, Jean-Luc Duprat wrote:
I am trying to find out whether the Realtek rtl8192se is
known to be stable and reliable in AP mode. It certainly
became functional with kernel 3.0 and I can get the interface
into master mode, but whenever I try to connect to it my laptop reports
connection timeouts. Digging a little more with wireshark, it
seems that authentication packets exchanged, but no association
packets are coming through...
I have detailed the details of my configuration in a post in the fedora forums:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1533542
Since this is a small-factor mini-ITX box, I'd like to get the
built-in adapter to work. Any reports of success using this chip in AP mode?
I'm happy to help track down and debug any issues.
Jean-Luc,
I have had some success in getting rtl8192se to work as an AP using the attached
patch on top of the latest wireless-testing. A recent compat-wireless should
also work.
I need to do a lot more testing, but I had a ping going for 8100 seconds with 2%
packet loss. Obviously, there is room for improvement but at least there is
progress. BTW, I'm using a 10ec:8174 device for testing.
Larry
Driver rtl8192se does not work in AP mode until this change is
applied.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Index: wireless-testing-new/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/ps.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing-new.orig/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/ps.c
+++ wireless-testing-new/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/ps.c
@@ -239,9 +239,6 @@ void rtl_ips_nic_on(struct ieee80211_hw
enum rf_pwrstate rtstate;
unsigned long flags;
- if (mac->opmode != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
- return;
-
spin_lock_irqsave(&rtlpriv->locks.ips_lock, flags);
if (ppsc->inactiveps) {
