On 20 April 2010 02:27, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the proper country code is GB not UK, maybe that's why it didn't work.
>
> With iw try:
>
> iw reg set GB
>
> or in your wpa_supplicant config:
>
> country=GB
>
>
Thanks Paul, good pointer. It seems that the UK also has GB as well
'UK' as its alpha2 code. Anyway, I changed 'country=GB' in my
wpa_supplicant but unfortunately it is not being picked up:
# iwlist wlan0 freq
wlan0 11 channels in total; available frequencies :
Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
Current Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
then:
# iw reg set GB
# iw reg get
country US:
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (6, 27)
(5170 - 5190 @ 40), (6, 23)
(5190 - 5210 @ 40), (6, 23)
(5210 - 5230 @ 40), (6, 23)
(5230 - 5330 @ 40), (6, 23)
(5735 - 5835 @ 40), (6, 30)
# iw list
Wiphy phy0
Band 1:
Frequencies:
* 2412 MHz [1] (27.0 dBm)
* 2417 MHz [2] (27.0 dBm)
* 2422 MHz [3] (27.0 dBm)
* 2427 MHz [4] (27.0 dBm)
* 2432 MHz [5] (27.0 dBm)
* 2437 MHz [6] (27.0 dBm)
* 2442 MHz [7] (27.0 dBm)
* 2447 MHz [8] (27.0 dBm)
* 2452 MHz [9] (27.0 dBm)
* 2457 MHz [10] (27.0 dBm)
* 2462 MHz [11] (27.0 dBm)
* 2467 MHz [12] (disabled)
* 2472 MHz [13] (disabled)
* 2484 MHz [14] (disabled)
Hmm, it's stuck in US mode for some reason. Firmware?
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Regards,
Mick
