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From: Tamer Higazi <th982a@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Could not set interface mon.wlan1 (hostapd)
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:03:38
Message-Id: 50CC2E65.1010100@googlemail.com
1 I am trying to get hostapd with my Atheros Wlan USB Stick to run
2 (zd1211rw) on Gentoo Linux to run and I am not getting further.
3
4 Now I really don't know if it's the USB stick, the driver or the hostapd
5 itself that makes me troubles.
6 I am running Gentoo x64 bit with the kernel 3.3.8.
7 If somebody knows the answer, I would kindly thank him/her.
8
9
10 output of "sudo hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf":
11
12 random: Trying to read entropy from /dev/random
13 Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
14 ctrl_interface_group=0
15 nl80211: interface wlan1 in phy phy0
16 rfkill: initial event: idx=0 type=1 op=0 soft=0 hard=0
17 nl80211: Using driver-based off-channel TX
18 nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 5
19 nl80211: Set mode ifindex 5 iftype 3 (AP)
20 nl80211: Create interface iftype 6 (MONITOR)
21 nl80211: New interface mon.wlan1 created: ifindex=9
22 nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 9
23 Could not set interface mon.wlan1 flags: No such file or directory
24 nl80211: Remove interface ifindex=9
25 nl80211: Failed to set interface wlan1 into AP mode
26 netlink: Operstate: linkmode=0, operstate=6
27 nl80211: Set mode ifindex 5 iftype 2 (STATION)
28 nl80211 driver initialization failed.
29 rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory
30
31
32 my hostapd.conf:
33
34
35 interface=wlan1
36 driver=nl80211
37
38 logger_syslog=-1
39 logger_syslog_level=2
40 logger_stdout=-1
41 logger_stdout_level=2
42 dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump
43 ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
44 ctrl_interface_group=0
45 ssid=Tux
46 macaddr_acl=0
47 auth_algs=3
48 eap_server=0
49 eap_message=hello
50 eapol_key_index_workaround=0
51 own_ip_addr=127.0.0.1
52 wpa=3
53 ieee8021x=0
54 wpa_passphrase=secretpassword
55 wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
56 wpa_pairwise=CCMP TKIP
57 hw_mode=g
58 channel=8