This a fifferent device, and different machine, but could tell you if device is working in non ap mode
/etc/conf.d/netcfg
/etc/network.d/wireless-wpa
NETWORKS=(wireless-wpa ethernet-dhcp)
CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='A simple WPA encrypted wireless connection'
INTERFACE='wlan0'
SECURITY='wpa'
PRE_UP="sleep 6"
ESSID='homewireless'
## Uncomment if the supplied ESSID is hexadecimal
#ESSID_TYPE='hex'
KEY='mysecretpassword'
IP='dhcp'
That's it, enable netcfg
The sleep 6 is because hardware not fully detected before network brought up
Bridge does work, btw
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/So ... dged_Setup