Return-path: Received: from nm25-vm7.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com ([212.82.109.208]:48549 "HELO nm25-vm7.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754371Ab2GWUbD convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:31:03 -0400 References: <1343074978.66314.YahooMailNeo@web28904.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1343075460.1623.YahooMailNeo@web28905.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> (sfid-20120723_223109_250951_CE0ED64D) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:31:00 +0100 (BST) From: Xavier de Almeida Reply-To: Xavier de Almeida Subject: Can't make RTL8188CE work with hostapd (rtl8192ce) To: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <1343074978.66314.YahooMailNeo@web28904.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello, I am trying to setup a wireless hotspot with my xs36v barbone. Unfortunately when I start hostapd, I have got the following error: hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 3 nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 4 nl80211: New interface mon.wlan0 created: ifindex=8 nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 8 Could not set interface mon.wlan0 flags: Operation not possible due to RF-kill nl80211: Remove interface ifindex=8 nl80211: Failed to set interface wlan0 into AP mode nl80211 driver initialization failed. ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=4 eloop_data=0x842e900 user_data=0x842eeb0 handler=0x807c5e0 ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=6 eloop_data=0x8430cb8 user_data=(nil) handler=0x8086770 I tried with different drivers like?mac80211. I did install the drivers from Realtek website (rtl_92ce_92se_92de_linux_mac80211_0005.1230.2011) and the latest?linux-firmware_1.84_all.deb But I can't make it work for any reason. Any help would be welcome. Do I need to move to a newest kernel to make it work? Thanks XabiX lspci 02:00.5 Ethernet controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMC250 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03) 03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01) lsmod rtl8192ce ? ? ? ? ? ? ?75491 ?0? rtl8192c_common ? ? ? ?69519 ?1 rtl8192ce rtlwifi ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?95804 ?1 rtl8192ce mac80211 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?436455 ?3 rtl8192ce,rtl8192c_common,rtlwifi cfg80211 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?178679 ?2 rtlwifi,mac80211 modinfo rtl8192ce filename: ? ? ? /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko firmware: ? ? ? rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin description: ? ?Realtek 8192C/8188C 802.11n PCI wireless license: ? ? ? ?GPL author: ? ? ? ? Larry Finger ? ? author: ? ? ? ? Realtek WlanFAE author: ? ? ? ? lizhaoming ? ? ? srcversion: ? ? 18B9D7DE9AA317668E0197D alias: ? ? ? ? ?pci:v000010ECd00008176sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: ? ? ? ? ?pci:v000010ECd00008177sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: ? ? ? ? ?pci:v000010ECd00008178sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: ? ? ? ? ?pci:v000010ECd00008191sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: ? ? ? ?rtlwifi,mac80211 vermagic: ? ? ? 3.2.0-26-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 686? parm: ? ? ? ? ? swlps:bool parm: ? ? ? ? ? swenc:using hardware crypto (default 0 [hardware]) parm: ? ? ? ? ? ips:using no link power save (default 1 is open) parm: ? ? ? ? ? fwlps:using linked fw control power save (default 1 is open) /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf? interface=wlan0 driver=nl80211 bridge=br0 ssid=my ssid hw_mode=g channel=6 macaddr_acl=0 ignore_broadcast_ssid=0 auth_algs=1 wpa=2 wpa_passphrase=myPWDwithMOREthan8digits wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK wpa_pairwise=TKIP rsn_pairwise=CCMP nm-tool??NetworkManager Tool State: connected (global) - Device: wlan0 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ? Type: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?802.11 WiFi ? Driver: ? ? ? ? ? ?rtl8192ce ? State: ? ? ? ? ? ? unmanaged ? Default: ? ? ? ? ? no ? HW Address: ? ? ? ?E0:91:53:6F:55:E7 ? Capabilities: ? Wireless Properties ? ? WEP Encryption: ?yes ? ? WPA Encryption: ?yes ? ? WPA2 Encryption: yes ? Wireless Access Points? - Device: eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ? Type: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Wired ? Driver: ? ? ? ? ? ?jme ? State: ? ? ? ? ? ? unmanaged ? Default: ? ? ? ? ? no ? HW Address: ? ? ? ?80:EE:73:31:54:B2 ? Capabilities: ? ? Carrier Detect: ?yes ? ? Speed: ? ? ? ? ? 1000 Mb/s ? Wired Properties ? ? Carrier: ? ? ? ? on rfkill list all 0: phy0: Wireless LAN ? ? ? ? Soft blocked: yes ? ? ? ? Hard blocked: no iwconfig? lo ? ? ? ?no wireless extensions. br0 ? ? ? no wireless extensions. wlan0 ? ? IEEE 802.11bgn ?Mode:Master ?Tx-Power=off ?? ? ? ? ? ? Retry ?long limit:7 ? RTS thr=2347 B ? Fragment thr:off ? ? ? ? ? Power Management:on eth0 ? ? ?no wireless extensions. /etc/network/interfaces auto lo br0 iface lo inet loopback allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet manual allow-hotplug wlan0 iface wlan0 inet manual iface br0 inet dhcp bridge_ports eth0 wlan0 ifconfig br0 ? ? ? Link encap:Ethernet ?HWaddr 80:ee:73:31:54:b2 ? ? ? ? ? ? inet addr:192.168.0.40 ?Bcast:192.168.0.255 ?Mask:255.255.255.0 ? ? ? ? ? inet6 addr: fe80::82ee:73ff:fe31:54b2/64 Scope:Link ? ? ? ? ? UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST ?MTU:1500 ?Metric:1 ? ? ? ? ? RX packets:14803 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 ? ? ? ? ? TX packets:2700 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 ? ? ? ? ? collisions:0 txqueuelen:0? ? ? ? ? ? RX bytes:1035011 (1.0 MB) ?TX bytes:419797 (419.7 KB) eth0 ? ? ?Link encap:Ethernet ?HWaddr 80:ee:73:31:54:b2 ? ? ? ? ? ? UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST ?MTU:1500 ?Metric:1 ? ? ? ? ? RX packets:18312 errors:0 dropped:130 overruns:0 frame:0 ? ? ? ? ? TX packets:2636 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 ? ? ? ? ? collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000? ? ? ? ? ? RX bytes:2148515 (2.1 MB) ?TX bytes:414373 (414.3 KB) ? ? ? ? ? Interrupt:45? lo ? ? ? ?Link encap:Local Loopback ? ? ? ? ? ? inet addr:127.0.0.1 ?Mask:255.0.0.0 ? ? ? ? ? inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host ? ? ? ? ? UP LOOPBACK RUNNING ?MTU:16436 ?Metric:1 ? ? ? ? ? RX packets:4666 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 ? ? ? ? ? TX packets:4666 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 ? ? ? ? ? collisions:0 txqueuelen:0? ? ? ? ? ? RX bytes:329583?(329.5?KB) ?TX bytes:329583?(329.5?KB)