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      henry-nicolas
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      see hereunder the screenshots

      Capture d’écran du 2019-05-18 22-34-28.png

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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        So did you try change regdomain from other than default?

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          henry-nicolas
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          No, I didn't. There are 3 ETSI options, should I try each of these?

          FCC I believe that's for the US and the rest is APAC/Korea/ROW/JAPAN so I guess not of any use in my case.

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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            @henry-nicolas said in Atheros wireless card not broadcasting SSID:

            There are 3 ETSI options

            Huh? 3 of them ? BE is ETSI that is for sure..

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              henry-nicolas
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              Yes, there are three different ETSI, see below screenshot:

              Capture d’écran du 2019-05-19 19-02-12.png

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                that is new to me - but sure couldn't hurt could it ;)

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                  henry-nicolas
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                  Ok I just tried all possible ETSI combination and gave up, I bought a separate Ubiquiti access point and will put OpenWRT on it.

                  Thanks for providing some feedback anyway :)

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                    @henry-nicolas said in Atheros wireless card not broadcasting SSID:

                    I bought a separate Ubiquiti access point and will put OpenWRT on it.

                    Ok - seems unnecessary if you ask me... Their firmware works..

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      @henry-nicolas said in Atheros wireless card not broadcasting SSID:

                      WiFi-2.4-R2D2-Guest

                      Mmm, I would try an SSID that is much more basic if you ever re-visit that. I'm not aware of any issue with SSIDs like that but I've also never tried to use one.
                      No errors in the logs, wireless or system, when you apply that config?

                      Steve

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        Hmm, though my card here works fine with all the settings you had. Maybe a firmware issue?

                        Steve

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                        • kiokomanK
                          kiokoman LAYER 8
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                          well if anyone is wondering
                          etsi 2 -> <!-- ETSI w/o HT40 in 5GHz -->
                          etsi 3 -> <!-- ETSI minus channel 36 -->
                          there are probably some place in eu where u can't use HT40 or channel 36
                          in any case they are commented inside /etc/regdomain.xml

                          idk but i think you need to enable WPA to use 802.11n and i never used the "outdoor" settings. You probably had the interface up but hostapd is not starting for some misconfiguration, the SSID should not be a problem couse i have something very similar and i don't have any problem with it

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