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Subject: Re: Question about iwl3945
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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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