On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > I think that would need a new Wireless Extensions feature, and WExt is closed for new features, as we are transitioning to cfg80211. -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- 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
