802.11a/n

Jouni Malinen j
Tue Aug 16 06:33:12 PDT 2011


On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:03:00PM -0700, Grant wrote:

> Thank you.  I get the following, it looks like the 5Ghz channels should work?

In station mode, but not in AP mode:

> 			* 5180 MHz [36] (19.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
> 			* 5200 MHz [40] (19.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
> 			* 5220 MHz [44] (19.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
> 			* 5240 MHz [48] (19.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)

Those are fine in modes that passively search an AP and connect to it.
However, they are not available for starting an AP (or IBSS).

> 			* 5260 MHz [52] (disabled)

And those are disabled completely.

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