(DWA-556) Atheros AR5008/Master mode

[sanemanmad]

Hello All,

Thank you for viewing this post. I am in need of some help with setting up my Linux Access Point using the D-Link DWA-556 PCIe 802.11b/g/n card.

Here is some relevant information:

lspci|grep "Network controller"

04:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

lsmod|grep "ath"

ath9k                 296248  0
mac80211              253440  1 ath9k

iwconfig

wlan1     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=27 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

wlanconfig wifi0 create wlandev wlan1 wlanmode ap
wlanconfig: ioctl: Operation not supported

As you can see I do already have the Ath9k drivers installed and I can confirm connection to my existing AP. My problem here is setting this device to "Master"/"AP" mode.

I was had tried current setup with Kernel-2.6.27-7-server, right now I am running most current Kernel-2.6.27-11-generic


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From the driver vendor themselves:

Working
Modes of operation
*
Station Mode
*
AP Mode
*
IBSS Mode
*
AHB and PCI bus

DWA-556 Xtreme N PCIe Desktop Adapter

ath9k (Atheros devices)

yes --> AP
yes --> Ad-Hoc
no --> Mesh
yes --> Full-Monitor
A/B/G/N --> Modes this drivers supports