Hello,
I am trying to setup a wireless hotspot with my xs36v barbone. Unfortunately when I start hostapd, I have got the following error:
hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 3
nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 4
nl80211: New interface mon.wlan0 created: ifindex=8
nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 8
Could not set interface mon.wlan0 flags: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
nl80211: Remove interface ifindex=8
nl80211: Failed to set interface wlan0 into AP mode
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=4 eloop_data=0x842e900 user_data=0x842eeb0 handler=0x807c5e0
ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=6 eloop_data=0x8430cb8 user_data=(nil) handler=0x8086770
I tried with different drivers like?mac80211.
I did install the drivers from Realtek website (rtl_92ce_92se_92de_linux_mac80211_0005.1230.2011) and the latest?linux-firmware_1.84_all.deb
But I can't make it work for any reason. Any help would be welcome. Do I need to move to a newest kernel to make it work?
Thanks
XabiX
lspci
02:00.5 Ethernet controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMC250 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)
lsmod
rtl8192ce ? ? ? ? ? ? ?75491 ?0?
rtl8192c_common ? ? ? ?69519 ?1 rtl8192ce
rtlwifi ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?95804 ?1 rtl8192ce
mac80211 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?436455 ?3 rtl8192ce,rtl8192c_common,rtlwifi
cfg80211 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?178679 ?2 rtlwifi,mac80211
modinfo rtl8192ce
filename: ? ? ? /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko
firmware: ? ? ? rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
description: ? ?Realtek 8192C/8188C 802.11n PCI wireless
license: ? ? ? ?GPL
author: ? ? ? ? Larry Finger ? ?<[email protected]>
author: ? ? ? ? Realtek WlanFAE <[email protected]>
author: ? ? ? ? lizhaoming ? ? ?<[email protected]>
srcversion: ? ? 18B9D7DE9AA317668E0197D
alias: ? ? ? ? ?pci:v000010ECd00008176sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: ? ? ? ? ?pci:v000010ECd00008177sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: ? ? ? ? ?pci:v000010ECd00008178sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: ? ? ? ? ?pci:v000010ECd00008191sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends: ? ? ? ?rtlwifi,mac80211
vermagic: ? ? ? 3.2.0-26-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 686?
parm: ? ? ? ? ? swlps:bool
parm: ? ? ? ? ? swenc:using hardware crypto (default 0 [hardware])
parm: ? ? ? ? ? ips:using no link power save (default 1 is open)
parm: ? ? ? ? ? fwlps:using linked fw control power save (default 1 is open)
/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf?
interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
bridge=br0
ssid=my ssid
hw_mode=g
channel=6
macaddr_acl=0
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
auth_algs=1
wpa=2
wpa_passphrase=myPWDwithMOREthan8digits
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
rsn_pairwise=CCMP
nm-tool??NetworkManager Tool
State: connected (global)
- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
? Type: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?802.11 WiFi
? Driver: ? ? ? ? ? ?rtl8192ce
? State: ? ? ? ? ? ? unmanaged
? Default: ? ? ? ? ? no
? HW Address: ? ? ? ?E0:91:53:6F:55:E7
? Capabilities:
? Wireless Properties
? ? WEP Encryption: ?yes
? ? WPA Encryption: ?yes
? ? WPA2 Encryption: yes
? Wireless Access Points?
- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
? Type: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Wired
? Driver: ? ? ? ? ? ?jme
? State: ? ? ? ? ? ? unmanaged
? Default: ? ? ? ? ? no
? HW Address: ? ? ? ?80:EE:73:31:54:B2
? Capabilities:
? ? Carrier Detect: ?yes
? ? Speed: ? ? ? ? ? 1000 Mb/s
? Wired Properties
? ? Carrier: ? ? ? ? on
rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
? ? ? ? Soft blocked: yes
? ? ? ? Hard blocked: no
iwconfig?
lo ? ? ? ?no wireless extensions.
br0 ? ? ? no wireless extensions.
wlan0 ? ? IEEE 802.11bgn ?Mode:Master ?Tx-Power=off ??
? ? ? ? ? Retry ?long limit:7 ? RTS thr=2347 B ? Fragment thr:off
? ? ? ? ? Power Management:on
eth0 ? ? ?no wireless extensions.
/etc/network/interfaces
auto lo br0
iface lo inet loopback
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
iface br0 inet dhcp
bridge_ports eth0 wlan0
ifconfig
br0 ? ? ? Link encap:Ethernet ?HWaddr 80:ee:73:31:54:b2 ?
? ? ? ? ? inet addr:192.168.0.40 ?Bcast:192.168.0.255 ?Mask:255.255.255.0
? ? ? ? ? inet6 addr: fe80::82ee:73ff:fe31:54b2/64 Scope:Link
? ? ? ? ? UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST ?MTU:1500 ?Metric:1
? ? ? ? ? RX packets:14803 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
? ? ? ? ? TX packets:2700 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
? ? ? ? ? collisions:0 txqueuelen:0?
? ? ? ? ? RX bytes:1035011 (1.0 MB) ?TX bytes:419797 (419.7 KB)
eth0 ? ? ?Link encap:Ethernet ?HWaddr 80:ee:73:31:54:b2 ?
? ? ? ? ? UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST ?MTU:1500 ?Metric:1
? ? ? ? ? RX packets:18312 errors:0 dropped:130 overruns:0 frame:0
? ? ? ? ? TX packets:2636 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
? ? ? ? ? collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000?
? ? ? ? ? RX bytes:2148515 (2.1 MB) ?TX bytes:414373 (414.3 KB)
? ? ? ? ? Interrupt:45?
lo ? ? ? ?Link encap:Local Loopback ?
? ? ? ? ? inet addr:127.0.0.1 ?Mask:255.0.0.0
? ? ? ? ? inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
? ? ? ? ? UP LOOPBACK RUNNING ?MTU:16436 ?Metric:1
? ? ? ? ? RX packets:4666 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
? ? ? ? ? TX packets:4666 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
? ? ? ? ? collisions:0 txqueuelen:0?
? ? ? ? ? RX bytes:329583?(329.5?KB) ?TX bytes:329583?(329.5?KB)
On 07/23/2012 03:31 PM, Xavier de Almeida wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to setup a wireless hotspot with my xs36v barbone. Unfortunately when I start hostapd, I have got the following error:
>
> hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
> Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
> nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 3
> nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 4
> nl80211: New interface mon.wlan0 created: ifindex=8
> nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 8
> Could not set interface mon.wlan0 flags: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
> nl80211: Remove interface ifindex=8
> nl80211: Failed to set interface wlan0 into AP mode
> nl80211 driver initialization failed.
> ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=4 eloop_data=0x842e900 user_data=0x842eeb0 handler=0x807c5e0
> ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=6 eloop_data=0x8430cb8 user_data=(nil) handler=0x8086770
>
> I tried with different drivers like mac80211.
>
> I did install the drivers from Realtek website (rtl_92ce_92se_92de_linux_mac80211_0005.1230.2011) and the latest linux-firmware_1.84_all.deb
>
> But I can't make it work for any reason. Any help would be welcome. Do I need to move to a newest kernel to make it work?
>
> Thanks
> XabiX
>
> lspci
> 02:00.5 Ethernet controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMC250 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
> 03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)
>
> lsmod
> rtl8192ce 75491 0
> rtl8192c_common 69519 1 rtl8192ce
> rtlwifi 95804 1 rtl8192ce
> mac80211 436455 3 rtl8192ce,rtl8192c_common,rtlwifi
> cfg80211 178679 2 rtlwifi,mac80211
>
> modinfo rtl8192ce
> filename: /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko
> firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
> description: Realtek 8192C/8188C 802.11n PCI wireless
> license: GPL
> author: Larry Finger <[email protected]>
> author: Realtek WlanFAE <[email protected]>
> author: lizhaoming <[email protected]>
> srcversion: 18B9D7DE9AA317668E0197D
> alias: pci:v000010ECd00008176sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> alias: pci:v000010ECd00008177sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> alias: pci:v000010ECd00008178sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> alias: pci:v000010ECd00008191sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> depends: rtlwifi,mac80211
> vermagic: 3.2.0-26-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 686
> parm: swlps:bool
> parm: swenc:using hardware crypto (default 0 [hardware])
> parm: ips:using no link power save (default 1 is open)
> parm: fwlps:using linked fw control power save (default 1 is open)
Your main problem is that your kernel is too old. A lot of changes have been
made since 3.2.0. If you obtain the bleeding-edge compat-wireless package for
your system, you are likely to have more success. That will get the wireless
code that will not be released for about 3 months, rather than using what was
available 1 year ago.
Larry