Subject: Re: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Name not unique on network
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Chanthearith HUON <chanthearith.huon@telecom-sudparis.eu>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:21:28 +0100
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On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 16:19 +0100, Chanthearith HUON wrote:

> This wireless card is not listed=20
> in http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Devices=20
> <http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Devices>
> but the driver is in the=20
> list http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211#mac802=
11drivers=20
> <http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211#mac80211dr=
ivers>

But it's listed here:
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers

-- as not supporting mesh.

> The OS is ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10 with kernel 2.6.27-9-generic
>=20
> After creating new interface for mesh "iw dev wlan0 interface add mesh=20
> type mp mesh_id 100". I turned the mesh interface up by "ifconfig mesh up=
".
> I got following error message
> " SIOCSIFFLAGS: Name not unique on network "

That's strange, it should not have allowed you to add the interface in
the first place. But then, you're using an ancient kernel anyway...

johannes

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