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Re: Cannot use ap and sta mode on same interface with ath9k and kernel 3.8.13 :-(

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On 01/16/2015 08:16 PM, Pat Erley wrote:
> On 01/16/2015 04:29 PM, Beat Meier wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm using an WLM200NX card in master mode ath1 and want to do scanning
>> on the same interface.
>> I'm using ath9k on 3.8.13 kernel (voyage-linux)
>>
>> So I setup an additional  interface in sta mode with
>>    iw phy phy1 interface add ath2 type managed
>> This works but the interface is not coming up.
>> I tried several things like
>> auto ath2
>> iface ath2 inet static
>>          address 10.58.1.1
>>          netmask 255.255.255.0
>>          wireless-mode Managed
>>          wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.WPA-PSK
>>
>> But wpa_spplicant comes with error:
>>    wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start
>>    run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant exited with return
>> code 1
>>    RTNETLINK answers: Name not unique on network
>>    Failed to bring up ath2.
>>
>> I can setup monitor mode but I want to scan to see what other equipment
>> is on which channel ...
>>
>> What's the problem? With ath9k I cannot use ap and sta mode together???
>>
>
> You need to assign a different mac address to the new interface.
>
> [Resend, accidentally dropped mailing list]
>

This solved the problem.
Would be nice to add a comment in
  http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw/vif#station

Thanks a lot

Beat

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