Someone I know had to boot into his Mac Book Air's recovery mode and
he needed a wireless connection. Since the university's wireless
network was inaccessible to both of us, I tried setting up an access
point via my laptop so he could connect to the internet through my
computer's wired ethernet connection. I quickly learned that master
mode wasn't supported, which made this impossible.
Is it possible to get master mode support in the iwlagn driver?
By the way, I am not on the mailing list. Please CC replies to me.
Yours truly,
Richard yao
Hi Richard,
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:14, Richard Yao <[email protected]> wrote:
> Someone I know had to boot into his Mac Book Air's recovery mode and
> he needed a wireless connection. Since the university's wireless
> network was inaccessible to both of us, I tried setting up an access
> point via my laptop so he could connect to the internet through my
> computer's wired ethernet connection. I quickly learned that master
> mode wasn't supported, which made this impossible.
>
> Is it possible to get master mode support in the iwlagn driver?
As far as I know, it is supported.
In the case you describe, you have a two options:
1. Use Network Manager or equivalent to set up an "AdHoc" network
("Create New Wireless Network")
2. Use hostapd to set up the access point. See here:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd
You cannot set master mode without using hostapd.
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