Is there any reason why the Intel3495 wireless card using the iwl3945 driver
with kernel 2.6.34 does not work in AP mode using hostapd? The message is
nl80211: Failed to set interface wlan0 into AP mode
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
Thanks,
Larry
On 01/06/2011 03:04 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 14:58 -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
>> Is there any reason why the Intel3495 wireless card using the iwl3945 driver
>> with kernel 2.6.34 does not work in AP mode using hostapd? The message is
>>
>> nl80211: Failed to set interface wlan0 into AP mode
>> nl80211 driver initialization failed.
>
> Neither 3945 nor 4965 can ever support AP mode due to firmware
> restrictions, sorry.
Thanks. Don't worry, I'm not trying to convert a $600 laptop into a $30 access
point! In fact, I already own 4 APs. A year ago, I wrote a howto for the
openSUSE forums, and someone is trying to follow my prescription. He had some
nasty things to say about the 3945 when I gave him the bad news. Unfortunately,
he will be buying another wifi card and not an AP.
Larry
On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 14:58 -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> Is there any reason why the Intel3495 wireless card using the iwl3945 driver
> with kernel 2.6.34 does not work in AP mode using hostapd? The message is
>
> nl80211: Failed to set interface wlan0 into AP mode
> nl80211 driver initialization failed.
Neither 3945 nor 4965 can ever support AP mode due to firmware
restrictions, sorry.
johannes