Is Atheros AR9285 usable in AP mode ?

[Adrian Chadd]

I'll try my AR9285 in AP mode and let you know how it goes.


Adrian

On 7 August 2011 18:59, Claude Buisson <clbuisson at orange.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to configure a new system as an access point, with:
>
> ath0: <Atheros 9285> mem 0xfeaf0000-0xfeafffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2
> ath0: AR9285 mac 192.2 RF5133 phy 14.0
>
> ath0 at pci0:2:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x10891a3b chip=0x002b168c rev=0x01
> hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>     device     = 'AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)'
>     class      = network
>
> According to the sticker, it is a:
>
> AzureWave AW-NE785 ATH-5B95
>
> I get a lot of:
>
>  ath0: stuck beacon: resetting (bmiss count 4)
>
> I set  hw.ath.bstuck=32
>
> but the stuck beacon messages continue flowing, and I suffer from packet
> loss /
> lost association of the test station.
>
> This is on a 9-CURRENT system amd64 SMP (2011/07/24 svn r224294).
>
> TIA,
>
> CBu
>
> P.S.: to prevent a number of useless questions (as seen when googling): I
> live
> in the country, with _no_ other wireless network in the vicinity :-)
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