On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:43:22 -0500, Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 17:58 -0500, pat-lkml wrote: >> Alexey Yudichev wrote: >> >> On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 21:33:21 +0000 >> >> Alexey Yudichev <ayudichev@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >> >>> >> >>> I've just joined the list so don't know how to join the same thread >> >>> so >> >>> to indicate that it's the same matter I use the same subject. I am >> >>> trying to make my "04:01.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros >> >>> Communications >> >>> Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)" which is >> >>> identified by ath5k as >> >>> [ 10.356742] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR5213A chip found (MAC: 0x59, >> >>> PHY: 0x43) >> >>> [ 10.356748] ath5k phy0: RF5112B multiband radio found (0x36) >> >> I have the exact same card (AR5001X+) working in master mode with >> >> hostapd. What kernel version and hostapd version do you use? >> > >> > Hi, I use 2.6.27-11-generic (from ubuntu's >> > linux-backports-modules-intrepid-generic), hostapd v0.5.10. >> >> I don't know if it's intended, or just not implemented, but iwconfig >> <iface> mode master >> won't work with mac80211 drivers. Hostapd knows how to set master mode >> on it's own. > > Hostapd needs to be used for master mode in *any* case. So yes, its > intended that you need hostapd for master mode with mac80211 drivers. > Just switching the card to master mode simply won't work, because > there's oh-so-much-more setup required in addition to that, which > hostapd knows how to do. > > Dan Thanks for confirming this. It was what I understood to be the case, and what experimentation had shown, but I was not sure if it was by design, or just not implemented yet. Pat Erley -- 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
