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Hello,

i pulled wireless-testing kernel today and installed hostapd-0.6.7,  but
it still does not work.


iwconfig wlan0 mode master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

hostapd v0.6.7
User space daemon for IEEE 802.11 AP management,
IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator
Copyright (c) 2002-2009, Jouni Malinen <j@xxxxx> and contributors


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.
rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory
ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=5 eloop_data=0x95f39e8 user_data=(nil)
handler=0x8075908


The card is Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01).

Regards,

Norman
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