On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:46:50 -0500 Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 22:48 +0100, RUMI Szabolcs wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I've been trying to set an Atheros NIC to AP mode using the ath5k > > driver but it fails: > > > > # iwconfig wlan0 mode master > > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. > > You need to use hostapd for master mode. Well, I have installed hostapd-0.6.5 with the nl80211 driver and it says: # hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf ctrl_interface_group=0 Failed to set interface wlan0 to master mode. nl80211 driver initialization failed. wlan0: Unable to setup interface. Flushing old station entries Deauthenticate all stations rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=8 eloop_data=0x9f4ea98 user_data=(nil) handler=0x8082920 Thanks, Sab -- 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
