I have been unable to configure my DWA-552 AR5008 wireless card as an AP in master mode. I have primarily been using the ath_pci driver, but I have also tried using ath9k.
I am using dhcp3-server, firehol and hostapd. I have tried all sorts of different configurations, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be appreciated.
lspci
Code:
01:08.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
ifconfig
Code:
ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 06:22:b0:bd:a4:f5
inet6 addr: fe80::422:b0ff:febd:a4f5/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:2290 Metric:1
RX packets:365 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:33 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:20770 (20.7 KB) TX bytes:4617 (4.6 KB)
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:a0:c9:13:c7:38
inet addr:192.168.0.4 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: 2001:4978:1fa:0:2a0:c9ff:fe13:c738/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::2a0:c9ff:fe13:c738/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:14942 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:9554 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1774229 (1.7 MB) TX bytes:3672799 (3.6 MB)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:a0:c9:13:c7:38
inet6 addr: 2001:4978:1fa::1/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::2a0:c9ff:fe13:c738/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:15042 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:9556 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2017558 (2.0 MB) TX bytes:3673007 (3.6 MB)
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:bf:39:fa:43
inet6 addr: fe80::250:bfff:fe39:fa43/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:9422 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13406 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3638682 (3.6 MB) TX bytes:1937336 (1.9 MB)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x2000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:500 (500.0 B) TX bytes:500 (500.0 B)
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:70.226.205.196 P-t-P:70.226.207.254 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:9380 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13357 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:3427539 (3.4 MB) TX bytes:1640374 (1.6 MB)
sixxs Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
inet6 addr: 2001:4978:f:252::2/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::4878:f:252:2/64 Scope:Link
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1280 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:144 (144.0 B)
wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-22-B0-BD-A4-F5-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:384 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:51
TX packets:239 errors:204 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:280
RX bytes:23360 (23.3 KB) TX bytes:45719 (45.7 KB)
Interrupt:9
iwconfig
Code:
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"kietzman"
Mode:Master Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point: 06:22:B0:BD:A4:F5
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:19 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-96 dBm Noise level=-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:174 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Code:
Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Configure bridge br0 for EAPOL traffic.
madwifi_set_iface_flags: dev_up=0
madwifi_set_privacy: enabled=0
madwifi_receive_probe_req Enter
BSS count 1, BSSID mask ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (0 bits)
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=18 enc_capa=0xf
ath0: IEEE 802.11 Fetching hardware channel/rate support not supported.
Flushing old station entries
madwifi_sta_deauth: addr=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff reason_code=3
Deauthenticate all stations
madwifi_sta_deauth: addr=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff reason_code=2
madwifi_set_privacy: enabled=0
madwifi_del_key: addr=00:00:00:00:00:00 key_idx=0
madwifi_del_key: addr=00:00:00:00:00:00 key_idx=1
madwifi_del_key: addr=00:00:00:00:00:00 key_idx=2
madwifi_del_key: addr=00:00:00:00:00:00 key_idx=3
Using interface ath0 with hwaddr 06:22:b0:bd:a4:f5 and ssid 'kietzman'
madwifi_set_wps_ie buflen = 0
madwifi_set_wps_ie buflen = 0
madwifi_set_iface_flags: dev_up=1
ath0: Setup of interface done.
l2_packet_receive - recvfrom: Network is down
l2_packet_receive - recvfrom: Network is down
l2_packet_receive - recvfrom: Network is down
/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf
Code:
authoritative;
ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
option routers 192.168.0.4;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option domain-name-servers 68.94.156.1,68.94.157.1;
option ip-forwarding off;
range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.5 192.168.0.254;
default-lease-time 21600;
max-lease-time 43200;
}
/etc/firehol/firehol.conf
Code:
#!/sbin/firehol
version 5
home_ips="192.168.0.0/24"
vpn_ips="10.8.0.0/24"
client_httpalt_ports="8089"
client_httpslfm_ports="4443"
client_openvpn_ports="1194"
client_tor_ports="9050"
client_torcontrol_ports="9051"
client_tormirror_ports="9030"
client_torrelay_ports="9001"
server_httpalt_ports="tcp/8089"
server_httpslfm_ports="tcp/4443"
server_openvpn_ports="tcp/1194"
server_tor_ports="tcp/9050"
server_torcontrol_ports="tcp/9051"
server_tormirror_ports="tcp/9030"
server_torrelay_ports="tcp/9001"
interface br0 home src "${home_ips}"
server all accept
client all accept
interface tun0 interface3 src "${vpn_ips}"
server all accept
client all accept
interface ppp0 internet src not "${home_ips} ${vpn_ips} ${UNROUTABLE_IPS}"
protection strong 10/sec 10
server "emule http https httpslfm ping rtp openvpn sip squid ssh tor torcontrol tormirror torrelay" accept
server ident reject with tcp-reset
client all accept
/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Code:
interface=ath0
bridge=br0
driver=madwifi
logger_syslog=-1
logger_syslog_level=2
logger_stdout=-1
logger_stdout_level=2
dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump
ssid=kietzman
hw_mode=g
/etc/network/interfaces
Code:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
iface eth0 inet6 static
address 2001:4978:1fa::1
netmask 64
auto ath0
iface ath0 inet manual
pre-up wlanconfig ath0 destroy
pre-up wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap
post-down wlanconfig ath0 destroy
wireless-mode master
wireless-essid kietzman
wireless-channel 7
wireless-rate 54M
auto br0
iface br0 inet static
address 192.168.0.4
network 192.168.0.0
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
bridge-ports eth0 ath0
auto dsl-provider
iface dsl-provider inet ppp
pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth1 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
provider dsl-provider
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet manual
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
Code:
blacklist ath9k
blacklist ath5k
/etc/modprobe.d/options.conf
Code:
options ath_pci autocreate=ap
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