Anyone successfully using more than one virtual AP on 3.3 or higher kernels? It works fine for me on 3.0.32, but my 3.3.8 and 3.5.7 kernels (and a few similar ones) all fail with errors like this below: Hardware is ath9k 3x3 9380 NIC. [root@lec2010-ath9k-1 wifi]# cat hostapd_log_vap1.txt 1350936424.890962: random: Trying to read entropy from /dev/random 1350936424.891172: Configuration file: wifi/hostapd_vap1.conf 1350936424.892827: ctrl_interface_group=0 1350936424.895084: nl80211: interface vap1 in phy wiphy0 1350936424.895175: rfkill: initial event: idx=0 type=1 op=0 soft=0 hard=0 1350936424.895456: nl80211: Using driver-based off-channel TX 1350936424.895483: nl80211: TDLS supported 1350936424.895500: nl80211: TDLS external setup 1350936424.895612: nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 26 1350936424.896560: nl80211: Set mode ifindex 26 iftype 3 (AP) 1350936424.896919: nl80211: Setup AP - device_ap_sme=0 use_monitor=0 1350936424.896992: nl80211: Subscribe to mgmt frames with AP handle 0x81e8910 1350936424.897018: nl80211: Register frame type=0xb0 nl_handle=0x81e8910 1350936424.897036: nl80211: Register frame match - hexdump(len=0): [NULL] 1350936424.897107: nl80211: Register frame type=0x0 nl_handle=0x81e8910 1350936424.897127: nl80211: Register frame match - hexdump(len=0): [NULL] 1350936424.897174: nl80211: Register frame type=0x20 nl_handle=0x81e8910 1350936424.897195: nl80211: Register frame match - hexdump(len=0): [NULL] 1350936424.897240: nl80211: Register frame type=0xa0 nl_handle=0x81e8910 1350936424.897261: nl80211: Register frame match - hexdump(len=0): [NULL] 1350936424.897306: nl80211: Register frame type=0xc0 nl_handle=0x81e8910 1350936424.897326: nl80211: Register frame match - hexdump(len=0): [NULL] 1350936424.897372: nl80211: Register frame type=0xd0 nl_handle=0x81e8910 1350936424.897392: nl80211: Register frame match - hexdump(len=0): [NULL] 1350936424.897438: nl80211: Register frame type=0x40 nl_handle=0x81e8910 1350936424.897458: nl80211: Register frame match - hexdump(len=0): [NULL] 1350936424.897681: nl80211: Register beacons command failed: ret=-16 (Device or resource busy) 1350936424.897830: nl80211: Failed to set interface vap1 into AP mode 1350936424.901888: netlink: Operstate: linkmode=0, operstate=6 1350936424.901996: nl80211: Set mode ifindex 26 iftype 2 (STATION) 1350936424.902197: nl80211 driver initialization failed. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com -- 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
