Re: Still unable to configure MadWifi as an AP

On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 19:07 -0400, Aditya Bhave wrote:

> Im still unable to configure MadWifi as an AP. As suggested. I have 
> included the outputs of iwconfig.
...
> At the AP
...
> ayb@AdLenovoLinux:~$ iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
> 
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
> 
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  
> ESSID:"f2\x0D\xB71X\xA3Z%]\x05\x17X\xE9^\xD4\xAB\xB2\xCD\xC6\x9B\xB4T\x11\x0E\x82tA!=\xDC\x87" 
> 
>            Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.427 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated

The only way to use master (AP) mode is to create an interface in master
mode.  This could be done with wlanconfig, but the easiest way would be
to use the autocreate parameter for the ath_pci module:

rmmod ath_pci
modprobe ath_pci autocreate=master

This is described in the README file in the MadWifi sources.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate 
GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the 
lucky parental unit.  See the prize list and enter to win: 
http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo