Ath9k master mode with hostapd - What to put in conf.d/net?

[Jords]

Hi, I'm trying to setup a Dlink DWA-556 (atheros 5418 chipset, PCIE) to run a 802.11n network in master mode, bridged to my local network (which is on eth0).
My conf.d/net:

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channel_wlan0="11"
essid_wlan0="THOMSN"
mode_wlan0="master"
config_eth0="null"
config_wlan0="null"
bridge_br0="eth0 wlan0"
config_br0="dhcp"

From what i've been able to find out, ath9k cards cannot be configured into master mode using iwconfig, and instead have to be put into this mode using hostapd. My problem, however, is that if I use the net block above, gentoo tries to put the card into monitor mode which fails. However, if i don't specify mode_wlan0="master", it tries to connect to other wireless networks which isn't right either. So how do i get gentoo to just bring up the interface and leave it at that?

My hostapd.conf:

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interface=wlan0
bridge=br0
driver=nl80211
logger_syslog=-1
logger_syslog_level=2
logger_stdout=-1
logger_stdout_level=2
dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump
ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
ctrl_interface_group=0
ssid=THOMSN
hw_mode=g
channel=11
beacon_int=100
dtim_period=2
max_num_sta=255
rts_threshold=2347
fragm_threshold=2346
macaddr_acl=0
auth_algs=3
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
wme_enabled=0
ieee80211n=1
ht_capab=[HT40-][SHORT-GI-40][DSSS_CCK-40]
eapol_key_index_workaround=0
eap_server=0
own_ip_addr=127.0.0.1
wpa=bit1
wpa_passphrase=*****************
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK WPA-EAP
wpa_pairwise=TKIP CCMP

Does anyone have some experience in setting up ath9k cards in master mode? I'm quite lost with this

[Jords]

I may have fixed this by putting

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modules_wlan0=( "!iwconfig" "!wpa_supplicant" )

in my conf.d/net file. I say 'may' because i'm currently quite a long way away from the system that i'm setting this up from, everything is starting fine now but will have to see if it works!

[Mike Hunt]

You can also take a look at The very good Gentoo wireless docs

[Jords]

That modules_wlan0 line fixed this.

[risa2000]

Looking at your configuration in /etc/conf.d/net I am wondering if the lines:

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channel_wlan0="11"
essid_wlan0="THOMSN"
mode_wlan0="master" 

are really necessary. I believe these are in fact configured by hostapd. On the other hand, if you disable iwconfig and wpa_supplicant, I wonder what is then used to set them?

I am currently fighting some problems at http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-78 ... stapd.html, but the only line I have in my /etc/conf.d/net file is

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config_wlan0=( "192.168.2.10/24" )

, but this seems to give other troubles...