Hi, On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Laurence Darby <ldarby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Is there an obvious list of consumer products (NOT chipsets) that > hostapd supports that I'm missing? > > I want to make a wireless Access Point, using either a USB dongle, PCI > card, or PCIE x1 card. I have already got a DHCP server and NAT in > both my desktop PC and router, I don't want to pay for an expensive > external wireless router which would be a 3rd DHCP and NAT. > > None of the consumer devices' websites say which chipset they use, and none > the chipset manufactures' sites say what consumer products use their > chipset, so I can't just search for devices that support this. > > I've foolishly just bought a Netgear WNA1100, because it was "close > enough" to a Netgear WNA1000, which possibly supports AP mode, but that > wasn't available. > A different hardware-revision can mean that vendor has changed wifi-chip :-). So, better ask before you buy new hardware. > I thought it got away with it, because this page: > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc says that driver > supports AP mode. > AFAICS, people on #linux-wireless dont recommend USB-devices as the interface can be a bottleneck. > I've upgraded to Linux 3.0 and installed the htc_9271.fw firmware, and > the device shows up in /proc/net/dev, but now hostapd is giving me the > errors: > > rfkill: Cannot open RFKILL control device > Hardware does not support configured mode > wlan0: IEEE 802.11 Hardware does not support configured mode (2) > Could not select hw_mode and channel. (-2) > wlan0: Unable to setup interface. > rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory > Please, send full dmesg, lspci/lsusb outputs, etc. What software do you use to connect to AP from client? Personally, I have no HostAP(d) in use, but interested people might want to see its config files, the same for the kernel. > Does this device and driver support AP mode or not? If the driver > doesn't, then the web page is wrong. > > If the driver does but the device doesn't, then the website should make > that clear. > And of course, docs could be enhanced. It's a wiki, feel free to join and correct. > I'm not bothered at all if the WNA1100 was a waste of money, it's the > amount of time I've wasted on this so far. > Maybe a business solution with an anual or longterm contract can help (if money does not count). > Please CC me on any responses, I'm not subscribed. > You can try to ask on IRC, try joining #linux-wireless (freenode) and ask there (note, it's sometimes a very silent channel). But please, be nice and polite :-). - Sedat - > Thanks, > Laurence > -- > 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 > -- 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
