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Subject: Re: ath5k master (AP) mode
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To: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
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On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> wr=
ote:
> pat-lkml@erley.org wrote:
>
>>>> I don't know if it's intended, or just not implemented, but iwconf=
ig
>>>> <iface> mode master
>>>> won't work with mac80211 drivers. =A0Hostapd knows how to set mast=
er mode
>>>> on it's own.
>>>
>>> Hostapd needs to be used for master mode in *any* case. =A0So yes, =
its
>>> intended that you need hostapd for master mode with mac80211 driver=
s.
>>> Just switching the card to master mode simply won't work, because
>>> there's oh-so-much-more setup required in addition to that, which
>>> hostapd knows how to do.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>
>> Thanks for confirming this. =A0It was what I understood to be the ca=
se, and
>> what experimentation had shown, but I was not sure if it was by desi=
gn, or
>> just not implemented yet.
>
> Seems like iwconfig should have a more useful error message,
> telling users to use hostapd for this particular driver,
> instead of just a generic error...
>
> Ben
>

I think that would need a new Wireless Extensions feature, and WExt is
closed for new features, as we are transitioning to cfg80211.

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