Kishore Saldanha Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Armbianmonitor: http://ix.io/24Ky Hi guys, I am trying to use TP-Link dongle WN722N v3 as an access point . I am using Nano Pi Neo Core EMMC with expansion board running Armbian Buster with Linux 5.3.9-sunxi . The device can detect wifi signals nearby as seen on nmtui in managed mode . I followed the instructions on https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=25472&sid=84d2b8f1e7ad477e9907591eb7fb030d to configure as access point . However , I get an error every time like this . root@Cyborg:~# nmcli connection up HotSpot ifname wlx503eaaa2df7b Error: Connection activation failed: Connection 'HotSpot' is not available on device wlx503eaaa2df7b because profile is not compatible with device (the device does not support Access Point mode) Output of dmesg | tail -n 20 on inserting the dongle . [ 1225.431164] ---[ end trace 91514764a9d606b4 ]--- [ 1225.431176] RTW: rtw_wdev_free(wdev=3fa7fa4c) [ 1225.431184] RTW: rtw_wiphy_free(phy1) [ 1225.431222] RTW: rtw_usb_primary_adapter_deinit((null)) [ 1225.431227] RTW: rtw_dev_unload: bup==_FALSE [ 1225.431239] RTW: +r871xu_dev_remove, hw_init_completed=0 [ 1225.431664] RTW: WARN free_recv_skb_queue not empty, 8 [ 1225.431719] RTW: usb attached..., try to reset usb device [ 1225.557473] usb 3-1: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-platform [ 1225.714010] In rtw_drv_init return -ENODEV [ 1225.714340] Chip Version Info: CHIP_8188E_Normal_Chip_TSMC_D_CUT_1T1R_RomVer(0) [ 1225.763898] r8188eu 3-1:1.0 wlx503eaaa2df7b: renamed from wlan0 [ 1226.629967] MAC Address = 50:3e:aa:a2:df:7b root@Cyborg:~# I know the dongle works because I used it on a Nano Pi Duo running FriendlyARM's running Ubuntu Linux kernel version 4.14.0 . I am really confused . Is it a kernel issue ? My main intention is to use some GPIOs using Wiring Pi and run an apache webserver on it . I want to use the dongle to serve HTML pages over a hotspot . Any help is appreciated . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Kishore Saldanha said: I am really confused . Is it a kernel issue ? It's a driver - from 3rd party hardware Armbian have no resources (time, people, money) to do anything about - issue. What you can do beside using better dongle? Blacklist existing driver and try to build some other from the internet. Everything in this regard is available on Armbian: compiler and headers. Moving to general section since it has nothing to do with Nanopi H3. 2 hours ago, Kishore Saldanha said: I followed the instructions on You could better use official way - you have way more chance to success: Quote MT7601U I think you will not see AP (while STA works normally) on this chip unless you fix the driver. IIIRC this function is simply broken / not done yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kishore Saldanha Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 Hi Igor, I tried using armbian-config . It downloaded hostapd and hostapd-realtek but it could not configure it as an access point . Do you suggest any dongle for my application(low bandwidth , only for short distances , access-point) . I tried the 2$ Ralink adapter and TP-Link WN722N . This time maybe I'll buy something other than Realtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 27 minutes ago, Kishore Saldanha said: Do you suggest any dongle For AP use Realtek 8811 / 8812 / 8814AU. They works the best! 27 minutes ago, Kishore Saldanha said: I tried using armbian-config . It downloaded hostapd and hostapd-realtek but it could not configure it as an access point . This works if you driver works properly. If you don't use 2$ shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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