Hi all,
I'm setting up mesh networking with ath10k. Everything works but I can't use DFS channels. I have set my /etc/config/wireless to switch the phy0 wireless device to 'DE' but according to iw that doesn't actually change the regulatory domain (longer outputs of commands and device config at the end of this post). This email suggests that ath10k can do FCC regulations and way down on this page it suggests I could use hostapd to force DFS zones / usage.
I've searched around and can't find what to install / what config files to use to push those hostapd commands for DFS regions into my router. The wireless doc page says to look for "hostapd-phy0.conf" but I cannot find any hostapd files on my system. What am I missing?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Router information: Archer C7 V2 using QCA988x firmware
/etc/config/wireless for 5GHz device:
config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option channel '52'
option hwmode '11a'
option path 'pci0000:01/0000:01:00.0'
option htmode 'VHT80'
option country 'FR'
option disabled '0'
option log_level '3'
output of "iw reg get":
global
country FR: DFS-ETSI
(2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
(5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW
(5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
(5490 - 5710 @ 160), (N/A, 27), (0 ms), DFS
(57000 - 66000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
phy#1
country US: DFS-FCC
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
(5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), AUTO-BW
(5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
(5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
(5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
(57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
phy#0
country US: DFS-FCC
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
(5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), AUTO-BW
(5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
(5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
(5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
(57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
Thanks,
Zach