Hallo group members.
I wonder if I can put it to AP (master mode) or in other words, does
AP/master mode have to be supported by hardware or is it only matter of
software(driver)?
best redards,
Paul
Walter Goldens <[email protected]> writes:
> Hi Paul,
>
> Your device has ZyDAS zd1211b chip which is covered by the zd1211rw driver. Recently AP support has been implemented for this module. You'll likely need compa t-wireless to enable it on your system.
>
> Walter
>
Hallo Walter.
Thank YOu for the answer.
I didn't know about compat-wireless package, thus that's why I upgraded
by ubuntu 10.04 to ubuntu 11.04, then gotten newest kernel 2.6.39 week
ago.
then I did:
$ iw list
Wiphy phy0
....
....
Supported interface modes:
* IBSS
* managed
* AP !!!! YES, YES
* AP/VLAN
* monitor
* mesh point
BUT:(((((:
$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
I was a little bit disappointed, that's why I decided to ask You.
What am I doing wrong?
best regards,
Paul
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 07:09, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hallo Walter.
>
> Thank YOu for the answer.
>
> I didn't know about compat-wireless package, thus that's why I upgraded
> by ubuntu 10.04 to ubuntu 11.04, then gotten newest kernel 2.6.39 week
> ago.
>
> then I did:
> $ iw list
> Wiphy phy0
> ....
> ....
> ? ? ? ?Supported interface modes:
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? * IBSS
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? * managed
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? * AP ? ? ? ? ? !!!! YES, YES
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? * AP/VLAN
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? * monitor
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? * mesh point
>
> BUT:(((((:
>
> $ sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode master
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> ? ?SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
>
> I was a little bit disappointed, that's why I decided to ask You.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
You can't set master mode with iwconfig. Access point mode needs a
program to run in userspace to handle some of the heavy lifting. You
need to read this FAQ entry:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/FAQ#Q:_iwconfig_wlan0_mode_master_does_not_work
Then look up hostapd
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd
Thanks,
--
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Hi Paul,
Your device has ZyDAS zd1211b chip which is covered by the zd1211rw driver. Recently AP support has been implemented for this module. You'll likely need compat-wireless to enable it on your system.
Walter
> Date: Sunday, May 29, 2011, 7:19 PM
> Hallo group members.
>
> I wonder if I can put it to AP (master mode) or in other
> words, does
> AP/master mode have to be supported by hardware or is it
> only matter of
> software(driver)?
>
> best redards,
> Paul
> --
>