On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 01:37 -0700, Joerg Pommnitz wrote: > The kernel part of the stack does > not include the AP functionality at all. Well, it includes some of the required functionality obviously... > Handling of associated stations is done by hostapd. Is this > correct so far? If I understand you correctly, then yes. > Does "iwconfig wlan0 mode master" have any meaning? It prepares mac80211 to accept hostapd commands on the interface. > How does one create multiple > virtual interfaces (the equivalent of Madwifis wlanconfig command)? Through nl80211 or cfg80211's sysfs. > If so, I could not find a sample configuration for hostapd that provides a simple, unsecured AP. > I suspect that this is because traditionally hostapd has only been used to provide a WPA secured AP. The hostapd config file is well commented. Go read it. johannes
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