Hello, it would be of great help if someone could throw some light regarding the hostapd issue that I have described in the below email. thanks and regards, -shankar On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 7:11 PM, shankar swaminathan <shankswa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to make a linux PC up and running with hostapd to create a > simple Access Point. > > I do not want authentication, encryption and DHCP -- have configured > station with static IP address. > > if I start hostapd (not as a daemon) with the default hostapd.conf > file, and try connecting the client (fedora client), i see that the > wifi sybol does not appear, but the connection seems to have been > established. > However, if i open hostapd_cli, i keep getting a print like, > <client mac> CONNECTED > <client mac> DISCONNECTED. > > Hence, i think the client keeps getting connected and disconnected. > > I then tried using a smaller config file with nothing regarding beacon > interval etc...as shown below: > > --- > interface=wlan0 > driver=nl80211 > ssid=test > hw_mode=g > channel=1 > macaddr_acl=0 > auth_algs=1 > ignore_broadcast_ssid=0 > --- > > The results were similar. > > Could anyone, guide me or provide me a simple hostapd.conf file, that > will help me connect clients. I do not want authentication, > encryption, and DHCP -- will use static IP. > > Thanks in advance. > > -shankar -- 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
