Hi, Is AP mode with ath5k supposed to work? My hw: - IPX425 CPU (ARM architecture - in big- or little-endian mode) - Wistron NeWeb Corp. CM9 a/b/g MiniPCI (AR5001X+, PCI IDs 168c:0013 + sub 185f:1012). - hostapd from git (f4f2774a96d91753811e921380856bc859888153) - linux from git (basically wireless-testing = master-2008-12-12) Added: --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c @@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ ath5k_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, hw->wiphy->interface_modes = BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) | + BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) | BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) | BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT); Now: # ifconfig wlan0 up # iwlist wlan0 scan wlan0 Scan completed : Cell XX (shows many cells) # ifconfig wlan0 down (is it needed?) # hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd.conf Configuration file: /etc/hostapd.conf ctrl_interface_group=0 Failed to set interface wlan0 to master mode. nl80211 driver initialization failed. wlan0: Unable to setup interface. rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=5 eloop_data=0x57bd8 user_data=(nil) handler=0x32b10 Relevant .config: CONFIG_WIRELESS=y CONFIG_CFG80211=y CONFIG_CFG80211_REG_DEBUG=y CONFIG_NL80211=y CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y CONFIG_MAC80211=y CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_PID=y CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID=y CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT="pid" CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS=y CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU=y CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG_PACKET_ALIGNMENT=y CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG=y CONFIG_MAC80211_HT_DEBUG=y CONFIG_MAC80211_TKIP_DEBUG=y CONFIG_MAC80211_IBSS_DEBUG=y CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_PS_DEBUG=y CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_SPECT_MGMT_DEBUG=y CONFIG_WLAN_80211=y CONFIG_ATH5K=m CONFIG_ATH5K_DEBUG=y Related dmesg: PCI: enabling device 0000:00:0d.0 (0140 -> 0142) ath5k 0000:00:0d.0: registered as 'phy0' phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid' ath5k phy0: Atheros AR5213A chip found (MAC: 0x59, PHY: 0x43) ath5k phy0: RF5112B multiband radio found (0x36) -- Krzysztof Halasa -- 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