802.11b broken in -CURRENT?

[Sam Leffler]

Bruce Simpson wrote:
> Bruce Simpson wrote:
>> ...
>> Can anyone shed further light on this? I know that 802.11b sucks, but 
>> there's a lot of it out there,
>> and it just needs to work.
>
> Please ignore 'broken'. I found that my 802.11b AP's minipci card had 
> worked its way loose.
> After rebooting it, I found I had to do the following to get 802.11b 
> access point association to work:
>
> ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0
> ifconfig wlan0 mode 11b
> ifconfig wlan0 channel any:b
> ifconfig wlan0 ssid OpenWrt
> ifconfig wlan0 down
> ifconfig wlan0 up
>
> Hope this helps!
Actually this just promulgates misunderstandings and voodoo that others 
will ape.  This is what you need to setup an 11b-only ap on the best 
available channel:

ifconfig wlan create wlandev ath0 wlanmode hostap mode 11b ssid OpenWrt up

For the sta side:

ifconfig wlan create wlandev ath0 mode 11b ssid OpenWrt up

If the above does not work please enable debugging with wlandebug and 
file a PR.

    Sam