I have installed the (and rebooted) INSTALL /home/xabix/tmp/compat-wireless-2012-07-03/compat/compat.ko INSTALL /home/xabix/tmp/compat-wireless-2012-07-03/compat/sch_codel.ko INSTALL /home/xabix/tmp/compat-wireless-2012-07-03/compat/sch_fq_codel.ko INSTALL /home/xabix/tmp/compat-wireless-2012-07-03/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93cx6.ko INSTALL /home/xabix/tmp/compat-wireless-2012-07-03/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180/rtl8180.ko INSTALL /home/xabix/tmp/compat-wireless-2012-07-03/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187/rtl8187.ko INSTALL /home/xabix/tmp/compat-wireless-2012-07-03/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko INSTALL /home/xabix/tmp/compat-wireless-2012-07-03/net/rfkill/rfkill-regulator.ko INSTALL /home/xabix/tmp/compat-wireless-2012-07-03/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko DEPMOD 3.4.6-custom hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf ctrl_interface_group=0 nl80211: Register Action command failed: ret=-19 (No such device) nl80211: Register Action match - hexdump(len=1): 06 nl80211: Failed to register Action frame processing - ignore for now nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 3 nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 0 Could not read interface wlan0 flags: No such device nl80211 driver initialization failed. rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=4 eloop_data=0x8fe48f0 user_data=0x8fe6760 handler=0x807c5e0 ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=6 eloop_data=0x8fe8548 user_data=(nil) handler=0x8086770 which is the same with your script: sudo ./control_ap.sh start wlan0 eth0 Starting AP mode for wlan0 at address 192.168.0.200 hostapd: no process found isc-dhcp-relay: no process found wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device SIOCSIFADDR: No such device wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device touch: cannot touch `/var/lib/dhcp/db/dhcpd.leases': No such file or directory Configuration file: /home/xabix/hostapd.conf Could not read interface wlan0 flags: No such device nl80211 driver initialization failed. rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=4 eloop_data=0x96d1910 user_data=0x96d3720 handler=0x807c5e0 ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=6 eloop_data=0x96d5538 user_data=(nil) handler=0x8086770 What else can I try? Thanks XabiX -- 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