pat-lkml@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
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.
Seems like iwconfig should have a more useful error message,
telling users to use hostapd for this particular driver,
instead of just a generic error...
Ben
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Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
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