Return-path: Received: from mail-qw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.216.46]:43614 "EHLO mail-qw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933306Ab0KQA4S convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:56:18 -0500 Received: by qwh6 with SMTP id 6so1174618qwh.19 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:56:18 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:56:17 +1100 Message-ID: Subject: Issue with hostapd From: linux newbie To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, We are running linux_2.6.35 on our pxa255 based embedded device. recently I am trying to bring up hostapd but so far not successful and I need your expert advice. hostapd(0.6.10) and libnl(2.0) are the versions I am using. hostapd.conf is as follows: interface=eth1 driver=nl80211 ssid=Testnet channel=8 hw_mode=g auth_algs=1 wpa=3 wpa_passphrase=1234567890 wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK wpa_pairwise=TKIP CCMP rsn_pairwise=CCMP I tried with 2 network interfaces (not simultaneously) and following is the error messages. 1. cisco 350 pcmcia wireless card - ?on running ./hostapd -dd hostapd.conf it gives failed to create interface mon.eth1. 2. realtek 8187 usb wireless card - ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=5 eloop_data=0x4c710 user_data=(nil) handler=0x2fb34 I was using wpa_supplicant to configure the interface in two cards and it is working fine. Please let me know, how to debug this issue further. Thanks