On 8 Apr 2017 6:56 pm, "Kevin Chadwick" <m8il1i...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 8 Apr 2017 3:44 pm, "Jordon" <open...@sirjorj.com> wrote: > On Apr 8, 2017, at 3:38 AM, Stefan Sperling <s...@stsp.name> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 07, 2017 at 05:06:22PM -0500, Jordon wrote: >> My new wifi adapter finally arrived today (AR9271) so I want to give hostap a >> try with its new 802.11n support. > >> Am I on the right track? > > No. AR9271 is a USB device, and unfortunately there are bugs in the > driver that prevent hostap from working properly with USB devices. > > At least in my testing, the device sends no beacons. I have not yet > found a way to fix it and am not currently investing more time into it. > Perhaps it will get fixed some day. > Dang. Although, IIRC, beacons are what announce the presence of the access point. I definitely saw it on the client machine, so I think that part was working. But, yeah, anything beyond that is unsupported so I guess Iâll have to get a PCIe one. Thanks! Jordon I would, but you may find 802.11b works well enough in the meantime. Set mode 802.11b in hostname.athn0 Or ar9280 may be better. Pcie devices are usually more capable too.
