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> On Tuesday 09 June 2009, Jason Carson wrote: |
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>> Greetings, |
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>> I am trying to setup a wireless access point using the atheros kernel |
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>> driver (Built into the kernel, not as a module). I am using |
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>> Vanilla-Sources 2.6.29.4. I need my wireless network card to start up in |
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>> "master mode" but for some reason it is starting up in "managed mode". |
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>> When wlan0 starts up I get this error message... |
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>> * Bringing up interface wlan0 |
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>> * configuring wireless network for wlan0 |
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>> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : |
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>> SET failed on device wlan0 ; invalid argument. |
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>> * wlan0 connected to SSID "MyNetwork" |
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>> * in managed mode (WEP Disabled) |
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>> * null... [ ok ] |
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>> then when hostapd starts up I get this error message... |
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>> * Starting hostapd... |
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>> Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf |
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>> Failed to set interface wlan0 to master mode. |
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>> nl80211 driver initialization failed. |
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>> ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=5 eloop_data=0x80f5a38 user_data=(nil) |
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>> handler=0x8094b70 |
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>> * start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/hostapd' |
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>> [ !! ] |
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>> * ERROR: hostapd failed to start |
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>> Here is my /etc/conf.d/net |
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>> config_eth0="69.196.152.151 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast |
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>> 69.196.152.255" |
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>> config_eth1="null" |
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>> config_wlan0="null" |
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>> bridge_br0="eth1 wlan0" |
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>> config_br0="192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" |
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>> channel_wlan0="1" |
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>> mode_wlan0="master" |
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>> essid_wlan0="MyNetwork" |
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>> Here is my hostapd.conf |
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>> interface=wlan0 |
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>> bridge=br0 |
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>> driver=nl80211 |
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>> ssid=MyNetwork |
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>> hw_mode=g |
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>> channel=1 |
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>> macaddr_acl=0 |
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>> auth_algs=1 |
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>> ignore_broadcast_ssid=0 |
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>> country_code=CA |
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>> wpa=1 |
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>> wpa_passphrase=passphrase |
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>> wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK |
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>> wpa_pairwise=TKIP |
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>> rsn_pairwise=CCMP |
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>> Anyone know how to change my wireless card to "master mode" and make it |
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>> so |
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>> I don't get those error messages? |
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>> Thanks |
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>> P.S. I have everything working with madwifi and an older kernel so worst |
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>> case scenario I stay with that configuration until I get this problem |
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>> figured out. |
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> Should you also define in your /etc/conf.d/net the driver? |
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> modules=( "wpa_supplicant" ) |
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> wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext" |
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> (but I'm not sure of the options because I have never set up the card as |
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> master with hostapd). |
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> HTH. |
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> -- |
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> Regards, |
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> Mick |
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Maybe, I don't know. I thought wpa_supplicant was for clients not wireless |
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access points. I am currently running the madwifi driver and an older |
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kernel. I am not using wpa_supplicant and it works fine as a access point. |