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On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:19 PM, <jason@×××××××××××.ca> wrote: |
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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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Jason, |
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You should probably respond to Stroller's comments in that email thread :). |
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