Return-path: Received: from mail-yw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.213.46]:63733 "EHLO mail-yw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751016Ab1KDFVp (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Nov 2011 01:21:45 -0400 Received: by ywf7 with SMTP id 7so2127713ywf.19 for ; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:21:44 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Julian Calaby Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 16:21:22 +1100 Message-ID: (sfid-20111104_062156_496598_A188673D) Subject: Re: iwlagn master mode To: Richard Yao Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Richard, On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:14, Richard Yao wrote: > Someone I know had to boot into his Mac Book Air's recovery mode and > he needed a wireless connection. Since the university's wireless > network was inaccessible to both of us, I tried setting up an access > point via my laptop so he could connect to the internet through my > computer's wired ethernet connection. I quickly learned that master > mode wasn't supported, which made this impossible. > > Is it possible to get master mode support in the iwlagn driver? As far as I know, it is supported. In the case you describe, you have a two options: 1. Use Network Manager or equivalent to set up an "AdHoc" network ("Create New Wireless Network") 2. Use hostapd to set up the access point. See here: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd You cannot set master mode without using hostapd. Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@gmail.com Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/