SWRU561A September   2020  – October 2020 WL1801MOD , WL1805MOD , WL1807MOD , WL1831 , WL1831MOD , WL1835MOD , WL1837MOD

 

  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Driver Supported Features
  3. 2WL18xx Linux Driver Architecture Overview
  4. 3Platform Integration
    1. 3.1 Configuration required for Board Device Tree (DTS/DTB)
    2. 3.2 Configuring the Kernel for TI WLAN Drivers
    3. 3.3 Configuration required for Board Device Tree (DTS/DTB)
    4. 3.4 Building R8.8 Release Using Build Utilities
    5. 3.5 Building WiLink8 Driver Release Binaries Individually
  5. 4Booting and WLAN Bring-Up
    1. 4.1 Configuring the WiLink8 Target
  6. 5Testing Basic WLAN Functionality
    1. 5.1 STA Mode
      1. 5.1.1 Station Mode Procedure for Unsecured AP
      2. 5.1.2 Station Mode Procedure for Secured AP
      3. 5.1.3 Verifying Connectivity
    2. 5.2 AP Mode
      1. 5.2.1 AP Mode Procedure
      2. 5.2.2 Starting the AP
      3. 5.2.3 Verifying Connectivity
    3. 5.3 Multirole (AP +STA mode)
      1. 5.3.1 General Procedure for Multirole Connection
    4. 5.4 IEEE802.11s Mesh Mode
  7. 6References
  8.   A FAQ and Debug Hints

Starting the AP

Run the ap_start.sh script:

root@am335x-evm:/usr/share/wl18xx# ./ap_start.sh
adding wlan1 interface
Configuration file: /usr/share/wl18xx/hostapd.conf
[ 4398.173284] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan1: link is not ready
wlan1: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE

root@am335x-evm:/usr/share/wl18xx# Using interface wlan1 with hwaddr 0c:1c:57:bb:60:5f and ssid "kns"
[ 4403.305047] netlink: 'hostapd': attribute type 213 has an invalid length.
[ 4403.321775] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan1: link becomes ready
[ 4403.430771] cryptd: max_cpu_qlen set to 1000
wlan1: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->ENABLED
wlan1: AP-ENABLED
root@am335x-evm:/usr/share/wl18xx#