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Grant schrieb: |
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>>>>> Thanks for the clarification Norman :-) |
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>>>>> ok, I removed net.wlan0 so it doesn't start up anymore. My computer |
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>>>>> booted |
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>>>>> up and all the services are working the way they should, however I am |
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>>>>> having a problem getting hostapd to start. Here is the error I get when |
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>>>>> I |
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>>>>> tried to start up hostapd... |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> penguin ~ # /etc/init.d/hostapd start |
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>>>>> * Bringing up interface wlan0 |
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>>>>> * Configuring wireless network for wlan0 |
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>>>>> * Scanning for access points |
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>>>>> * no access points found |
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>>>>> * Failed to configure wireless for wlan0 |
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>>>>> * ERROR: net.wlan0 failed to start |
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>>>>> * ERROR: cannot start hostapd as net.wlan0 would not start |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> It's suppose to be an access point, not scanning for one so do you have |
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>>>>> any idea what I should do now? |
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>>>> Did you remove wlan0 from the /etc/conf.d/hostapd file? |
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>>> No, should I just leave it empty? |
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>>> INTERFACES="" |
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>>> What about /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf? |
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>>> Do I leave it like this... |
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>>> interface=wlan0 |
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>>> ...or remove that line too? |
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>> INTERFACES should at least contain the bridge device. The wired NIC does not |
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>> hurt either. |
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>> In /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf wlan0 is needed to tell hostapd which device it |
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>> has to initialize, so leave it like this. |
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> I've almost got this working, but I don't know what to include in the |
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> /etc/conf.d/hostapd INTERFACES variable since I don't have a br0 |
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> device or configuration. Do I need one? If I leave INTERFACES empty |
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> and I don't start net.wlan0, I don't have a way to define the IP |
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> address for the AP, and shorewall's "loc" zone is empty because |
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> net.wlan0 hasn't started. |
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> - Grant |
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What do you want to do with your accesspoint. You will need a bridge to |
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a wired network if you want your ap attached to that wired network. This |
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is quite usual though... |
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Without a bridge to a wired network, only the wlan systems are connected |
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and can not connect to your wired systems. |
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