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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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