Xenialpup CE 7.5 / 25 Nov 2017

[rcrsn51]

TP-WN722N

Do you mean TL-WN722N?

Have you installed the PET that I linked to on the previous page for the Atheros wifi driver?

I have a TL-WN721N adapter that uses the same Atheros driver. I set up wlanmaker in Xenialpup and it's working for me.

[sancxjo]

Yes TL-WN722N
First I tried without a driver. Then I installed the driver atheros_kernel_modules-4.4.95noPAE-xenial32.pet
Screenshot of the terminal already with the driver.
Android tries to connect, but claims an IP configuration error.
As if I configured. As far as I understand there IP dynamic is issued.
The adapter is new, android also does not work network

[rcrsn51]

With the wifi adapter plugged in, run the command: lsmod | grep ath
Do you see: ath9k_htc?

[sancxjo]

ath9k_hw
Another modification?

[rcrsn51]

ath9k_hw

So you do NOT see ath9k_htc?

Then your adapter must have a different chipset that is not compatible.

Are you using the TP-LINK adapter on the "server" machine or the "client" machine?

Does your "server" computer have a built-in Realtek adapter?

Is the TP-LINK adapter actually wlan1?

[sancxjo]

Yes, I do not see ath9k_htc
I have a home computer, nettop.
There is a network card (Realtek), but there is nowhere to connect it.
The interface I have wlan0

[sancxjo]

IThe command shows the presence of a wireless adapter. But there is no antenna protruding from the case and I did not know about it.

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root# lspci | grep -i 'net'
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

[rcrsn51]

If this hidden internal wifi card is wlan0, then where is the TP-LINK adapter?

Is it also plugged in?

Then the command should be

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wlan1 sancxjo none usb0

[sancxjo]

Probably I've mixed the interfaces. wlan0 is an internal adapter, wlan1 is an external adapter- TP-LINK

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root# wlanmaker wlan1 sancxjo none usb0
Configuration file: /tmp/hostapd.conf
Line 2: invalid/unknown driver 'rtl871xdrv'
1 errors found in configuration file '/tmp/hostapd.conf'
Failed to set up interface with /tmp/hostapd.conf
Failed to initialize interface

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root# lshw -class network
*-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
       vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 48:5d:60:7c:ca:f2
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=4.4.95 firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:17 memory:febf0000-febfffff

[rcrsn51]

1. Have you installed the version of hostapd from the Xenial repo? This is bad.

2. Your TP-LINK adapter has a different chipset than mine. I suspect that it is a Realtek r8188eu.

Run: iwconfig wlan1
Run: lsmod | grep cfg

[sancxjo]

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root# iwconfig wlan1
wlan1     unassociated  Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
          Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Sensitivity:0/0  
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

root# lsmod | grep cfg
cfg80211              206686  5 ath,ath9k_common,ath9k,mac80211,r8188eu
rfkill                 12246  1 cfg80211

[rcrsn51]

1. YOU NEVER ANSWERED MY FIRST QUESTION!

2. Your TP-LINK is a Realtek r8188eu. I also have one of these and wlanmaker works fine with it in Xenial.

[sancxjo]

hostapd from the default repository ubunt-xenial-main probably. Delete?

[rcrsn51]

You do NOT need to do this - wlanmaker has its own version of hostapd.

Install the .deb again.

[sancxjo]

If I correctly understood to reinstall wlanmaker. I reinstalled.

[sancxjo]

wlanmaker wlan1 sancxjo none usb0 reconnects

[rcrsn51]

Are you saying that internet sharing is now working?

Is the client computer getting internet access through usb0?

If not, how close is the client computer to the server computer?

[sancxjo]

I do not have a second computer, now Android. He sees the network, connects, then stores, then receives the IP and reconnects. And so it repeats. The distance is almost near. About a meter.
I do not go to the Internet from Android.

[rcrsn51]

Then there is nothing else I can do to help you.

Wlanmaker is running correctly, but your Android client cannot use the connection it provides.

Try this: wlanmaker wlan1 sancxjo none

Does the Android stay connected?

However, this will not get it internet access.

[sancxjo]

Also reconnected.
In general, the wlanmaker is not adapted for my case.