On 12/25/2011 06:59 PM, Jean-Luc Duprat wrote:

I am trying to find out whether the Realtek rtl8192se is
known to be stable and reliable in AP mode.  It certainly
became functional with kernel 3.0 and I can get the interface
into master mode, but whenever I try to connect to it my laptop reports
connection timeouts.  Digging a little more with wireshark, it
seems that authentication packets exchanged, but no association
packets are coming through...

I have detailed the details of my configuration in a post in the fedora forums:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1533542

Since this is a small-factor mini-ITX box, I'd like to get the
built-in adapter to work.  Any reports of success using this chip in AP mode?
I'm happy to help track down and debug any issues.

Jean-Luc,

I have had some success in getting rtl8192se to work as an AP using the attached 
patch on top of the latest wireless-testing. A recent compat-wireless should 
also work.

I need to do a lot more testing, but I had a ping going for 8100 seconds with 2% 
packet loss. Obviously, there is room for improvement but at least there is 
progress. BTW, I'm using a 10ec:8174 device for testing.

Larry