[gentoo-user] Configuring hostapd

[Fernando Rodriguez]

Hello,

After installing hostapd I can successfully connect to the AP, I can get DHCP 
from it, but I cannot access the network through it (neither lan or internet). 
This is an existing router box so iptables and everything else is already 
properly configured.

I'm using this minimal config:

interface=wlp0s10
#driver=nl80211
hw_mode=g
channel=6
#ieee80211d=1
#country_code=FR
#ieee80211n=1
#wmm_enabled=1

ssid=LinuxAP
auth_algs=1
wpa=2
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
rsn_pairwise=CCMP
wpa_passphrase=hello linux ap 

iw list shows the following supported modes:
* IBSS
* managed
* AP
* AP/VLAN
* monitor

The ebuild warns that in order for hostapd to work I need to set the card in 
master mode (the wiki makes no mention of it). But when I try to do that 
(either through the net init scripts or through iwconfig) I get the following 
error:

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlp0s10 ; Invalid argument.

However after starting hostapd it appears that it was able to set the card to 
master mode according to iwconfig:

wlp0s10   IEEE 802.11bg  Mode:Master  Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

So, is this card supported or not? Will I be able to connect and get dhcp from 
the server if it didn't? Avahi also _sortof_ works. If I add the wifi card to 
the deny-interfaces list on avahi-daemon.conf and try to ping the AP using the 
avahi name the avahi daemon (on the AP) logs the following:

Received packet from invalid interface.


This is the output of rc-service hostapd start:

Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Using interface wlp0s10 with hwaddr 00:14:a5:cb:4d:8a and ssid "LinuxAP"
wlp0s10: interface state UNINITIALIZED->ENABLED
wlp0s10: AP-ENABLED         [ ok ]


Any suggestions?

-- 
Fernando Rodriguez