AP mode for AR9285

Johan Erasmus jgerasmus
Mon Oct 22 08:30:28 PDT 2012


Dear Mathieu,

Please forgive my ignorance, I am no expert but would love to help.

I dont see your method of authentication in hostapd.conf? WEP/WPA?

Do you have an active dhcp server on the network?

Does the chipset support AP? (Output from iw list)

Regards,

Sent from my iPhone

On 22 okt. 2012, at 13:59, Mathieu CARROLLE
<mathieu.carrolle at intesens.com> wrote:

> HI,
>
> I am not able to do AP with this wirelless card :
>
> $ lspci
>
> 04:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
>
>
> My hostapd.conf file:
>
> interface=wlan0
>
> driver=nl80211
>
> ssid=Opennet
>
> hw_mode=g
>
> channel=2
>
> beacon_int=100
>
> dtim_period=2
>
> max_num_sta=255
>
> rts_threshold=2347
>
> fragm_threshold=2346
>
>
> The problem is that client (linux distribution) never connect (time
> out). Any idea ?
>
> Characteristics:
> kernel version: 3.2.0-3-686-pae
> hostapd v1.0
> ath9k module
>
> --
> Mathieu Carrolle
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