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On 12/30/14 16:44, Larry Finger wrote:
On 12/29/2014 01:17 PM, Tuc at Beach House wrote:
Hi,

Raspberry Pi Model B+, Linux blue 3.12.28+ #709 PREEMPT Mon Sep 8
15:28:00
BST 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux, hostapd v2.3 (defconfig), Ralink using
rt2800usb
driver on either a Wi-Pi or Panda Ultra Wireless N USB Adapter.

What I'm trying to accomplish is using a single interface to be an AP on
one SSID, and ad-hoc on another SSID. The problem is that I can either do
one, or the other, but not both...

root@blue:~# iwconfig wlan1
wlan1 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on

So if I set up ad-hoc, works fine :

root@blue:~# iw dev wlan1 interface add wlan10 type ibss
root@blue:~# iwconfig wlan10
wlan10 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Ad-Hoc Cell: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on

root@blue:~# iwconfig wlan10 essid WEDDING
root@blue:~# ifconfig wlan10 10.4.4.8 netmask 255.255.255.0
root@blue:~# ping -c2 new
PING new.wedding.ramolaandscott,com (10.4.4.6) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from new.wedding.ramolaandscott,com (10.4.4.6): icmp_req=1
ttl=64
time=3.51 ms
64 bytes from new.wedding.ramolaandscott,com (10.4.4.6): icmp_req=2
ttl=64
time=1.02 ms

--- new.wedding.ramolaandscott,com ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.024/2.268/3.512/1.244 ms


Now invoke hostapd with the following /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf :

root@blue:~# cat /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
interface=wlan1
ssid=FREE
hw_mode=g
channel=1
root@blue:~# /usr/local/bin/hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
(Please see http://pastebin.com/cjqukwyH)


But if I reboot and try backwards :

root@blue:~# hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
(Please see http://pastebin.com/Tdc5dz81)


And its fine, but then :

root@blue:~# iw dev wlan1 interface add wlan10 type ibss
root@blue:~# iwconfig wlan10
wlan10 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Ad-Hoc Cell: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on

root@blue:~# iwconfig wlan10 essid WEDDING
root@blue:~# ifconfig wlan10
wlan10 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c1:41:07:07:d1
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

root@blue:~# ifconfig wlan10 10.4.4.8 netmask 255.255.255.0
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy
root@blue:~# ifconfig wlan10
wlan10 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c1:41:07:07:d1
inet addr:10.4.4.8 Bcast:10.4.4.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

root@blue:~# ping -c2 new
PING new.wedding.ramolaandscott,com (10.4.4.6) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- new.wedding.ramolaandscott,com ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1001ms



Any idea where to look or what to do to get them to work and play
together?

I am not an expert, but this sounds like a proper application of virtual
interfaces.

Hi Larry,

The thread started on the hostap mailing list [1]. I have taken part of pastebin page [2]:

        Supported interface modes:
                 * IBSS
                 * managed
                 * AP
                 * AP/VLAN
                 * WDS
                 * monitor
                 * mesh point
        software interface modes (can always be added):
                 * AP/VLAN
                 * monitor
        valid interface combinations:
                 * #{ AP, mesh point } <= 8,
                   total <= 8, #channels <= 1

Looks to me that those interface combinations are clearly *not* valid as it does list only two of the supported interface modes.

Regards,
Arend

[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.hostap/31697/focus=31723
[2] http://pastebin.com/RytcqXVZ

Larry


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