Hello, Thanks for you quick response. I know that I can set master mode with hostapd. My question is - is there something inherent which prevents implementing it with "iw"? When comparing to the old set of tools, which includes iwconifg, "iwconfig wlan0 mode Master" works on some interfaces. Regards, Mark On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mark Ryden <markryde@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Hello, > > Hello, > >> I have a question about the iw: is it possible to >> set with it an interface to be in master mode ? (as in the case of >> Access Point) >> >> I had git cloned the sources according to the URL from >> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/iw; and as far >> as I understand from the code, it is not implemented yet. It will only >> display when an interface is in master mode (but you cannot set to master mode). >> >> I want to verify this point and ask if there is an inhernet reason for >> not implementing this (setting other modes, >> like mesh and monitor, is implemented). Or is it simply on the to-do list ? > > You have to use hostapd. See earlier mails in this list for more > information. > > -- > Kalle Valo > -- 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
