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On 18 Jul 2008, at 17:10, Jason Carson wrote: |
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> Yeah, I read the the HOWTO WAP but I am confused. It said to go to |
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> another |
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> article when using MADWIFI which told be to use the command... |
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> ifconfig ath0 down |
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> wlanconfig ath0 destroy |
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> wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap |
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Right. I didn't see that when reading the HOWTO today, but it is the |
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same command as I gave in my message. |
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> Which I did, but now when I try to startup net.ath0 I get the |
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> following... |
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> penguin init.d # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start |
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> * Starting ath0 |
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> * Starting wpa_supplicant on ath0 ... |
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> ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: Invalid argument |
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> Could not configure driver to use managed mode [ ok ] |
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> * Starting wpa_cli on ath0 ... [ ok ] |
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> * Backgrounding ... |
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> This.. |
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> ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: Invalid argument |
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> Could not configure driver to use managed mode [ ok ] |
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> ...was not there before, what do I do? |
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Give fuller information. |
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What does `dmesg` say? |
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What does /var/log/messages (or whatever) say? |
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What do wpa-supplicant logs say? |
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I believe it's possible to compile wpa-supplicant with / without |
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madwifi support, so you should check that. I'd also imagine it might |
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be possible to compile madwifi with or without mastermode support, so |
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you may need show that relevant kernel options have been compiled. |
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I believe that "ioctl" errors are generally associated with trying to |
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tell hardware to do stuff it can't do. So drivers may be the cause |
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here and I would certainly expect `dmesg` to be more verbose. |
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I would STRONGLY advise you to get the access-point working in master |
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mode UNENCRYPTED before continuing to WEP or WPA configuration. |
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Making *incremental* changes help isolate the problem. |
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Finally, unlike some, I have no objection to top-posting. What pisses |
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me off immensely is *changing* the quoting-method of the thread. If |
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you are the first person to reply to a post then by all means top- |
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post; subsequent replies top-posted may be logical and readable. But |
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if someone has replied by bottom-posting then top-posting breaks the |
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continuity of the message. I have to read one level of quoting at the |
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top of the message and another level at the bottom. Leaving aside any |
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other debates about top- versus bottom-posting this does not make any |
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sense AT ALL. Please do not do it! |
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Stroller. |
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