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

[Punky Tse]

Hi Pablo,

did you set channel, e.g.:

channel=11


On 15/5/2011 19:22, Pablo Escobar wrote:
> I have tried the latest voyage-current available in the web and I 
> still can´t get my card in ap mode
>
> I have seen voyage-current has a  /etc/hostapd/hostapd.wlan0.conf file 
> by default. So I edited the /etc/default/hostapd to use that config 
> and I keep getting the same output from iwconfig and I can´t see the 
> ap ssid with my client computer :(
>
>
>
> 2011/5/15 Punky Tse <punkytse at punknix.com <mailto:punkytse at punknix.com>>
>
>     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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>
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