Mesh support for ath9k_htc driver

[Gabriele Ferrari]

Hi everybody, I'm testing mesh networking on some Raspberry Pis with the
latest Raspbian installed and I'm trying to setup a network with some
TP-LINK TL-WN722N dongles.

I have verified that the driver that is loaded is ath9k_htc, however mesh
point mode is not present. I saw that a patch has been made some time ago
to include mesh point mode in this driver but it doesn't seem to be in the
mainline kernel. Is it present in the wireless-testing branch?

Thanks in advance for any help,
Gabriele

[François Gervais]

Hi Gabriele,

We have the mesh working using the same dongle using the backports-3.12-1
drivers. Give it a try it should work.

If you want to use encryption you'll have to start the driver with the hardware
encryption turned off so software encryption is used.

Post by Gabriele Ferrari
Hi everybody, I'm testing mesh networking on some Raspberry Pis with the
latest Raspbian installed and I'm trying to setup a network with some TP-LINK
TL-WN722N dongles.
I have verified that the driver that is loaded is ath9k_htc, however mesh
point mode is not present. I saw that a patch has been made some time ago to
include mesh point mode in this driver but it doesn't seem to be in the
mainline kernel. Is it present in the wireless-testing branch?
Thanks in advance for any help,
Gabriele
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Gabriele

[Yeoh Chun-Yeow]

Hi, all

You can actually load the ath9k_htc without turning off the HW
encryption for secured mesh.

But you need to build the open ath9k_htc firmware here:
https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware/commits/master

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ChunYeow

On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:36 PM, François Gervais

Post by François Gervais
Hi Gabriele,
We have the mesh working using the same dongle using the backports-3.12-1
drivers. Give it a try it should work.
If you want to use encryption you'll have to start the driver with the
hardware encryption turned off so software encryption is used.
Hi everybody, I'm testing mesh networking on some Raspberry Pis with the
latest Raspbian installed and I'm trying to setup a network with some
TP-LINK TL-WN722N dongles.
I have verified that the driver that is loaded is ath9k_htc, however mesh
point mode is not present. I saw that a patch has been made some time ago to
include mesh point mode in this driver but it doesn't seem to be in the
mainline kernel. Is it present in the wireless-testing branch?
Thanks in advance for any help,
Gabriele
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[Gabriele Ferrari]

Thanks Yeoh Yun-Cheoh.
After building the firmware do you know where should I put it under Debian
Wheezy?

Thanks

Post by Yeoh Chun-Yeow
Hi, all
You can actually load the ath9k_htc without turning off the HW
encryption for secured mesh.
https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware/commits/master
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ChunYeow
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:36 PM, François Gervais

Post by François Gervais
Hi Gabriele,
We have the mesh working using the same dongle using the backports-3.12-1
drivers. Give it a try it should work.
If you want to use encryption you'll have to start the driver with the
hardware encryption turned off so software encryption is used.
Hi everybody, I'm testing mesh networking on some Raspberry Pis with the
latest Raspbian installed and I'm trying to setup a network with some
TP-LINK TL-WN722N dongles.
I have verified that the driver that is loaded is ath9k_htc, however mesh
point mode is not present. I saw that a patch has been made some time

ago to

Post by François Gervais
include mesh point mode in this driver but it doesn't seem to be in the
mainline kernel. Is it present in the wireless-testing branch?
Thanks in advance for any help,
Gabriele
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[Yeoh Chun-Yeow]

/lib/firmware ?

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Chun-Yeow

Post by Gabriele Ferrari
Thanks Yeoh Yun-Cheoh.
After building the firmware do you know where should I put it under Debian
Wheezy?
Thanks

Post by Yeoh Chun-Yeow
Hi, all
You can actually load the ath9k_htc without turning off the HW
encryption for secured mesh.
https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware/commits/master
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ChunYeow
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:36 PM, François Gervais

Post by François Gervais
Hi Gabriele,
We have the mesh working using the same dongle using the
backports-3.12-1
drivers. Give it a try it should work.
If you want to use encryption you'll have to start the driver with the
hardware encryption turned off so software encryption is used.
Hi everybody, I'm testing mesh networking on some Raspberry Pis with the
latest Raspbian installed and I'm trying to setup a network with some
TP-LINK TL-WN722N dongles.
I have verified that the driver that is loaded is ath9k_htc, however mesh
point mode is not present. I saw that a patch has been made some time ago to
include mesh point mode in this driver but it doesn't seem to be in the
mainline kernel. Is it present in the wireless-testing branch?
Thanks in advance for any help,
Gabriele
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Gabriele
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[Gabriele Ferrari]

Perfect that was exactly what I was thinking about. Thank you very much!!

Gabriele

Post by Yeoh Chun-Yeow
/lib/firmware ?
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Chun-Yeow

Post by Gabriele Ferrari
Thanks Yeoh Yun-Cheoh.
After building the firmware do you know where should I put it under

Debian

Post by Gabriele Ferrari
Wheezy?
Thanks

Post by Yeoh Chun-Yeow
Hi, all
You can actually load the ath9k_htc without turning off the HW
encryption for secured mesh.
https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware/commits/master
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ChunYeow
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:36 PM, François Gervais

Post by François Gervais
Hi Gabriele,
We have the mesh working using the same dongle using the
backports-3.12-1
drivers. Give it a try it should work.
If you want to use encryption you'll have to start the driver with the
hardware encryption turned off so software encryption is used.
Hi everybody, I'm testing mesh networking on some Raspberry Pis with the
latest Raspbian installed and I'm trying to setup a network with some
TP-LINK TL-WN722N dongles.
I have verified that the driver that is loaded is ath9k_htc, however mesh
point mode is not present. I saw that a patch has been made some time ago to
include mesh point mode in this driver but it doesn't seem to be in

the

Post by Gabriele Ferrari

Post by Yeoh Chun-Yeow

Post by François Gervais
mainline kernel. Is it present in the wireless-testing branch?
Thanks in advance for any help,
Gabriele
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