Hi Dennis, Thanks for your reply. * My embedded device (wireless terminal) has only one network interface. I am currently trying to do following setup. * We have wireless terminals communicating to AP. * There are situations in which some terminals goes out of coverage. * We like to enable AP (in repeater or bridge mode) in our terminals, so that out-of-coverage terminals can communicate with other terminals which has coverage. * So that we can maintain the coverage all the time. Please let me know, if this is possible to achieve. Thanks On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Dennis Borgmann <dennis.borgmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello linux newbie! > > It is not quite clear from your message, what you would like to do. Are > you running only one wireless device within your embedded target? If so, > it is not possible to run hostapd and wpa_supplicant at the same time, > since the wireless card can only work in either AP or station mode. Both > at the same time is not possible. So what you would need to do is write > scripts, that kill the station mode, create an AP mode or the other way > around depending on what you need at a defined point of time. > > If you want to run hostapd and wpa_supplicant at the very same time, for > your embedded target to be an AP and a station at the very same moment, > you will need to run two wireless interfaces on your target. > > HTH, > Dennis Borgmann > > linux newbie schrieb: >> Hi, >> >> Any suggestion? >> >> Thanks >> >> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 3:13 PM, linux newbie <linux.newbie79@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> * On my embedded target, I am running rt73 based usb wireless adapter. >>> * tested hostapd and wpa_supplicant individually and it is working fine. >>> * bothe hostapd and wpa_supplicant are latest 0.7.3 versions with >>> libnl_1.1 version & kernel 2.6.35 >>> >>> If I run both wpa_supplicant and hostapd I am having issue. >>> >>> Reason for running hostapd and wpa_supplicant on same terminal is we >>> have multiple wireless terminals and if one of them can't access the >>> AP (due to coverage issue) , then it will bind to Hostapd on some >>> other terminal. I am not sure, if I can able to configure my terminals >>> to use both hostapd & wpa_supplicant and need your expert advice. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> HostAP mailing list >> HostAP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.shmoo.com/mailman/listinfo/hostap >> > > -- 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
