Return-path: Received: from mail-ey0-f174.google.com ([209.85.215.174]:33933 "EHLO mail-ey0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750871Ab1E3VJw (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2011 17:09:52 -0400 Received: by eyx24 with SMTP id 24so1461089eyx.19 for ; Mon, 30 May 2011 14:09:51 -0700 (PDT) To: Walter Goldens Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: AP mode - usb wlan interface: Sagem XG-76NA 802.11bg References: <345324.53571.qm@web161601.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> From: mafeuser@gmail.com Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 23:09:46 +0200 In-Reply-To: <345324.53571.qm@web161601.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> (Walter Goldens's message of "Sun, 29 May 2011 11:40:23 -0700 (PDT)") Message-ID: (sfid-20110530_230955_898481_2BEFE412) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Walter Goldens writes: > Hi Paul, > > Your device has ZyDAS zd1211b chip which is covered by the zd1211rw driver. Recently AP support has been implemented for this module. You'll likely need compa t-wireless to enable it on your system. > > Walter > Hallo Walter. Thank YOu for the answer. I didn't know about compat-wireless package, thus that's why I upgraded by ubuntu 10.04 to ubuntu 11.04, then gotten newest kernel 2.6.39 week ago. then I did: $ iw list Wiphy phy0 .... .... Supported interface modes: * IBSS * managed * AP !!!! YES, YES * AP/VLAN * monitor * mesh point BUT:(((((: $ sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode master Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. I was a little bit disappointed, that's why I decided to ask You. What am I doing wrong? best regards, Paul