Re: Belkin f5d6050 and channel 14

Yan Seiner wrote:
> I am trying to get a Belkin f5d6050 USB adapter to work on channel 14.  
> The problem is that the driver IDs it as a US model, and only allows it 
> to go to channel 11.
>
> I tried changing the FCC channel definition to match that of Japan, 
> (0x3fff) but the adapter then won't come up at all.
>
> I get a message repeated every second or so:
>
> join_bss completed with 3
>
> and iwconfig shows that it has failed to associate with the access point.
>
> How does the driver determine the reg_domain?  Is this something pulled 
> from the driver USB info?  MAC address?  How can I get this adapter to 
> work with the channels I need?
>
> I'm guessing it has something to do with the firmware being loaded....  
> Is that right?
>
>   

I've now tried with several atmel devices, and all have the same 
problem.  I suspect that it is not hardware (one of the devices is 
Japanese), but firmware.

Is anyone using channels higher than 11 with this driver?  If so, what 
hardware and firmware?

Thanks,

--Yan