Hi, I've changed the mac of the AP interface for example, using macchanger. Then I've created a managed wlan1 one but now I got: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported while trying to up it 2009/12/10 Pat Erley <pat-lkml@xxxxxxxxx>: > 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 > -- Natale Vinto http://www.gotext.org http://bluesman.gotext.org -- 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
