Please update regulations to support VHT
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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wireless-regdb (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Vivid |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Wily |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Only very recent versions of wireless-regdb have support for VHT (80mhz channels); in addition, all current kernels have a bug that will cause your card to fail to associate with a VHT ap when your local regdb didn't allow VHT:
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I have updated the existing Debian bug requesting this too:
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Well, more precisely I have emailed the update but it hasn't gone through yet. :)
I would recommend updating to 2013.11.27 (current upstream) as it includes other regulatory fixes. I would also recommend applying this to at least Precise and Trusty, possibly Saucy since it is still supported.
Here is the update that should post to the Debian bug soon:
"I would much appreciate this, especially you make the jump to 2013.11.27. The new regdb will also solve issues with 802.11ac; the referenced version appears to be the first with support for 80mhz channels. Without the new regdb (or a patch the kernel that masks the symptoms, below), when you connect to an AP that supports 80mhz channels, you are disconnected with a nearly useless error. Link to the ticket, with details and the symptom-masking patch that will be in future kernels:
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It would be great if we could get the new regdb upstream into Debian asap; in the meantime I will try to get an updated version into a ppa for Ubuntu users at least. ;)"
Debian has packaged 2013.11.27: anonscm. debian. org/gitweb/ ?p=kernel/ wireless- regdb.git
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Any chance we could get this into Trusty? Without it, there are weird connection issues with 802.11ac.