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That was me trying to set this up last week :-) |
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> jason@×××××××××××.ca wrote: |
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>> Greetings, |
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>> I am following this guide... |
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>> http://gentoo-wiki.com/Madwifi_Wireless_Access_Point |
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>> ...to setup my gentoo system as a wireless access point. I have it all |
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>> setup and everthing is working, however, when I boot up my gentoo system |
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>> it says... |
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>> Bringing up interface 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 |
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>> Starting wpa_cli on ath0... |
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>> Backgrounding |
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>> WARNING:net.ath0 has started, but is inactive |
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>> I think something must be configured the wrong way. How do I fix this? I |
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>> think I want "master mode" not "managed mode" |
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>> I think this problem may have to do with the fact I am using baselayout |
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>> 2.0.0 but am not totally sure. |
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>> What does "ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: invalid argument" mean? |
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>> What does "inactive" mean? |
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>> Again, everything is working so this isn't a major problem but I would |
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>> still like to fix it. |
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>> Thanks |
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>> Jason |
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> I'm not sure if this will help but I did a little googleing for ya. |
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> Look at the last post on this one. |
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> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/169035 |
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> Hope that helps or some guru will come help. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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