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 -- 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
