Natale Vinto wrote: > Hi all, > I'm on Kubuntu 2.6.32-rc8-wl and according to lspci I have this Broadcom card: > Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 02) > and modinfo b43: > > filename: > /lib/modules/2.6.32-rc8-wl/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko > firmware: FW13 > license: GPL > author: Gábor Stefanik > author: Michael Buesch > author: Stefano Brivio > author: Martin Langer > description: Broadcom B43 wireless driver > srcversion: 77E3E0ECBCB6EA787FE05CF > alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev10* > alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev0F* > alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev0D* > alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev0B* > alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev0A* > alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev09* > alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev07* > alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev06* > alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev05* > depends: ssb,mac80211,led-class,cfg80211 > vermagic: 2.6.32-rc8-wl mod_unload modversions PENTIUMM 4KSTACKS > parm: bad_frames_preempt:enable(1) / disable(0) Bad Frames > Preemption (int) > parm: fwpostfix:Postfix for the .fw files to load. (string) > parm: hwpctl:Enable hardware-side power control (default off) (int) > parm: nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption. (int) > parm: hwtkip:Enable hardware tkip. (int) > parm: qos:Enable QOS support (default on) (int) > parm: btcoex:Enable Bluetooth coexistence (default on) (int) > parm: verbose:Log message verbosity: 0=error, 1=warn, > 2=info(default), 3=debug (int) > > My problem is that I would use multiple interfaces (as mentioned here > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#features ) using one > for AP and one for station but I always get this error while trying to > up the other interface: > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Name not unique on network > > This is the command list that I've done: > > service network-manager stop > iw phy phy0 interface add wlan1 type station (or managed) > ifconfig wlan1 up > > then I used wpa_supplicant on wlan1 and all ok. But when I try to up > wlan0 that from iwconfig shows this: > wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1a:73:xx:xx:xx > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) > > or when I try to use hostapd: > Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf > ctrl_interface_group=0 > ioctl[SIOCSIFFLAGS]: Name not unique on network > nl80211 driver initialization failed. > wlan0: Unable to setup interface. > rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory > ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=5 eloop_data=0x80f0a38 user_data=(nil) > handler=0x80874 > > so how to have multiple interfaces (in my case one AP and one station) with b43? > I haven't found a solution googling > > Best Regards > > > You need to change the mac address of one of the wireless interfaces. I don't know if multiple vifs works with b43, though, only tested with ath9k. Pat -- 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
