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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and Madwifi contradict each other
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:03:20
Message-Id: 49bf44f10902211203r4507000bx7fd38ead12824fe3@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and Madwifi contradict each other by Neil Bothwick
1 >> I'm trying to set up ath5k in master mode. I get this from the hostapd
2 >> ebuild:
3 >>
4 >> * In order to use hostapd you need to set up your wireless card
5 >> * for master mode in /etc/conf.d/net and then start
6 >> * /etc/init.d/hostapd.
7 >> *
8 >> * Example configuration:
9 >> *
10 >> * config_wlan0=( "192.168.1.1/24" )
11 >> * channel_wlan0="6"
12 >> * essid_wlan0="test"
13 >> * mode_wlan0="master"
14 >>
15 >> But doing that I get:
16 >>
17 >> ath0 does not support setting the mode to "master"
18 >
19 > You're using the wrong interface name. MadWifi uses ath0, ath5k uses
20 > wlan0.
21 >
22 >
23 > --
24 > Neil Bothwick
25
26 Yes but I have:
27
28 udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to ath0
29
30 Could that be a problem?
31
32 - Grant

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and Madwifi contradict each other Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>