Mistral AM37xx EVM and SDK6.00 SoftAP not working

I have booted SDK 5.07 and see the same results as seen in SDK 6.00.  The system broadcast the SSID for the Mistral EVM but does not associate when trying to connect to the Mistral EVM.  When snooping the transfers with Wireshark I see the authentication request from the Windows 7 PC but no Authentication Response.   

I have verified SoftAP working using SDK 5.02. 

Brad,

thanks for the feedback.

ECS team, could someone look into the issue with the AM37xx SDK6.00 SoftAP, which should have the latest drivers?

Thanks,

--Gunter

Hi Gunter,

Please try to follow the instruction on this page for GUI softAP setup: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/OMAP_Wireless_Connectivity_WLAN_AP_demo_NLCP_GUI
If this is not working, please try the command line version here: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/OMAP_Wireless_Connectivity_WLAN_AP_No_Security

If you still see problem, please provide a complete console log in order for us to help you.

Hi Victor,

we have tried both GUI and cmdline, both with the same behavior. Attached are the logs for each.

Regards,

--Gunter

Here is the GUI log as well

Also hostapd.conf and udhcpd.conf are unchanged from the SDK6.00 deliverable.

Regards,

--Gunter

Hi Gunter,

When you say other devices cannot associate with it, do you mean others cannot associate or cannot get IP addresses? If it's an IP address issue, please try again using static IP address on stations.

Also, please try to use a sniffer to capture packets. It will be really helpful in debugging this issue.

Hi Victor,

the stations cannot associate. Could you maybe take an out-of-box SDK6.00 and an AM3703 EVM and duplicate this on your side as well? These are basic TI deliverables and should work.

Everything works on an AM335x EVM with SDK6.00.

Regards,

--Gunter

Hello Victor,

Have you duplicated the issue where SoftAP isn't working with the DM37x EVM when using either SDK 6.0 or SDK 5.07 as described by Gunter?  I am able to get it working with SDK 5.02 but the wireless driver in this SDK does not support 802.11n.

Thanks,

Brad

Hi Gunter & Brad,

I've just tried the softAP by enabling it on both GUI and CLI, and they both work just fine.

I'm here attaching the log. The image I'm testing with is SDK 6.0

[   55.432159] wl12xx: state: 0
[   55.963714] wl12xx: firmware booted (Rev 6.3.10.0.135)
[   56.064392] wl12xx: removing interface 00:00:00:00:00:01
[   56.072692] wl12xx: state: 0
[   56.541839] wl12xx: firmware booted (Rev 6.3.10.0.135)
[   91.389617] wlan0: moving STA e0:c7:9d:3a:c6:5e to state 1
[   91.395416] wlan0: moving STA e0:c7:9d:3a:c6:5e to state 2
[   91.406188] wlan0: moving STA e0:c7:9d:3a:c6:5e to state 3
root@am37x-evm:~# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:C2:7E:9A:4F
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:64 (64.0 B)  TX bytes:386 (386.0 B)
          Interrupt:80

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:183 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:183 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:289600 (282.8 KiB)  TX bytes:289600 (282.8 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:01
          inet addr:192.168.0.1  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2272 (2.2 KiB)  TX bytes:3086 (3.0 KiB)

root@am37x-evm:~# hostapd_cli all_sta
Selected interface 'wlan0'
9c:20:7b:14:74:1a
e0:c7:9d:3a:c6:5e

Can you provide a photo of the WL1271 daughter board? Just to check to make sure everything is the same.

Victor,

I am glad you were able to associate to the Soft AP on the DM37x using SDK 6.0.  Can you provide a full log from the time your system is powered on to the time you have verified two systems connected to your Soft AP?  I have attached a picture of the WL1271 daughter card as seen on my system.