[Voyage-linux] can´t get Atheros AR9280 (ath9k) in AP mode

[Punky Tse]

Hi,

You may need the daily (voyage-current), which includes 2.6.38, as 9280 
sounds like a device.

Regards,
Punky

On 15/5/2011 6:18, Pablo Escobar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to get a working AP in my alix board with a Mikrotik 
> r52n-m minipci card (atheros ar9280 chipset using ath9k driver) using 
> voyage 0.7
>
> I have tried to follow this guide without success:
> http://www.punknix.com/dnma92-ath9k-and-hostapd-with-voyage-linux
>
> Also tried to do small modifications to the the hostapd.conf file in 
> that guide and also tried this reduced config but couldn´t get it working
>
> interface=wlan0
> driver=nl80211
> ssid=yourssidhere
> hw_mode=g
> ieee80211n=1
>
> This is my /etc/default/hostapd  file:
>
> DAEMON_CONF="/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
> DAEMON_OPTS="-dd"
>
> And in my /etc/network/interfaces I have this:
>
> auto wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet static
>        address 10.5.30.1
>        netmask 255.255.255.0
>        broadcast 10.5.30.255
>         up nat.sh wlan0 eth0 "10.5.30.0/24 <http://10.5.30.0/24>"
>
> also tried to add the line "hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf" in the 
> wlan0 section in /etc/network/interfaces file after reading this post 
> (without success)
> http://marc.info/?l=voyage-linux&m=129999678907115&w=2 
> <http://marc.info/?l=voyage-linux&m=129999678907115&w=2>
>
> My wireless card never gets the ssid. This is the output that I get 
> from "iwconfig" command
>
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  Mode:Master  Frequency:2.462 GHz 
>  Tx-Power=20 dBm
>           Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:on
> mon.wlan0  IEEE 802.11abgn  Mode:Monitor  Frequency:2.462 GHz 
>  Tx-Power=20 dBm
>           Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>
>
> ¿anyone could post a working hostapd.conf file? ¿maybe is a problem 
> with my wireless card? ¿or with country code? ¿maybe I need to install 
> any extra package? I am quite lost right now as I don´t know of any 
> other place or config file to look at. I purchased this minipci card 
> to switch to wifiN but it seems I will have to keep using my older 
> wifiG atheros cards which worked great.
>
> many thanks for any help.
>
>
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