On Sat, 2009-01-24 at 15:01 +0100, Valentin wrote: > Hi, I recently got a Dell Wireless 1450 USB and am now trying to put it > into master mode, but to no avail... I've tried this: > > ./iw phy phy6 interface add dell type (master|ap) > > but both just give me the help. Trying to add a device in e.g. monitor > or managed mode works. If I then try > > iwconfig dell mode master > > I get > > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device dell ; Invalid argument. > > Now I'm pretty much out of ideas. Is it actually possible to get this > into master mode? :| One thing to try: make sure the interface is down first, since mac80211 doesn't allow mode switches while the interface is up. Dan -- 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
