I knew about hostapd, but I wanted to test the master mode first. You can still find a lot of tutorials that uses this command to set it to master mode :( So those are all outdated? I'll try messing around with hostapd. Thanks for your reply! On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Thomas Klute <thomas2.klute@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am 17.05.2013 10:54, schrieb Felix Blanke: >> Hi, >> >> first: Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the list. >> >> I have the following wireless card: 04:02.0 Network controller: >> Atheros Communications Inc. AR9227 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) >> >> I can't set it to master mode, but this card should support it: >> >> server ~ # iwconfig wlp4s2 >> wlp4s2 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any >> Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=19 dBm >> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off >> Encryption key:off >> Power Management:off >> >> server ~ # iwconfig wlp4s2 mode Master >> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : >> SET failed on device wlp4s2 ; Invalid argument. > > You cannot set any card to master mode this way, you have to use hostapd > to set up the access point interface. The documentation at > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd should help. :-) > > I'd also recommend using iw instead of iwconfig, see > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw > >> My kernel config should be correct: >> >> server linux # cat .config | grep ATH9K >> CONFIG_ATH9K_HW=y >> CONFIG_ATH9K_COMMON=y >> # CONFIG_ATH9K_BTCOEX_SUPPORT is not set >> CONFIG_ATH9K=y >> CONFIG_ATH9K_PCI=y >> # CONFIG_ATH9K_AHB is not set >> # CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUGFS is not set >> CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL=y >> # CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC is not set >> >> server linux # cat .config | grep MAC80211 >> CONFIG_MAC80211=y >> CONFIG_MAC80211_HAS_RC=y >> CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL=y >> CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL_HT=y >> CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL=y >> CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT="minstrel_ht" >> # CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH is not set >> CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS=y >> # CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS is not set >> # CONFIG_MAC80211_MESSAGE_TRACING is not set >> # CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU is not set >> # CONFIG_MAC80211_HWSIM is not set >> >> >> I can scan for wireless networks and probably also connect to them >> (never tested because this is not an use case for me). >> >> Any ideas? Thanks in advance! >> >> Kind regards, >> Felix >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
