Wi-Fi Access Point mode using hostapd

Chip Platform Rockchip
1

Hi,
does the Firefly-RK3288 support access point mode? I’m trying to set up hostapd on Ubuntu but I’ve not been able to make it work. Anyone managed to do it?
Thanks!

2

some one have support it， but it is chinese：
http://developer.t-firefly.com/thread-1684-1-1.html

3

Actually, this is a YES.

Here is the link (but in Chinese, use Google translate):

http://developer.t-firefly.com/thread-1684-1-1.html

4

Thanks, I’ll try to understand what’s in there… :slight_smile:

5

Thanks, I’ve followed the instructions on the link you posted and I can confirm it works. It is a pain to bring everything down and upload a new firmware, but better than nothing. :slight_smile:

6

Hi,
after some testing I’ve managed to make it work. No need to rewrite the firmware, just need to change the “op_mode” and restart wifi. At the moment, the only way I’ve found to restart the wifi is to use rfkill or nmcli:

sudo nmcli radio wifi off
sudo su -c "echo 2 > /sys/module/bcmdhd/parameters/op_mode"
sudo nmcli radio wifi on

Now I’m facing the problem that while in AP mode, network manager can’t scan the network anymore (nmcli dev wifi rescan). When it tries, I see this error in dmesg:

CFG80211-ERROR) __wl_cfg80211_scan : Invalid Scan Command at SoftAP mode
CFG80211-ERROR) wl_cfg80211_scan : scan error (-22)

The error seems to imply that scan can’t be done, but using iwlist it seems to work instead (iwlist wlan0 scan), even if the kernel complains:

bcmsdh_sdmmc mmc2:0001:2 wlan0: (WE) : Wireless Event (cmd=0x8B19) too big (65303)
CFG80211-ERROR) wl_notify_scan_status : scan is not ready

Any idea or suggestion? Thanks!

7

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