Return-path: Received: from mail-ea0-f181.google.com ([209.85.215.181]:55679 "EHLO mail-ea0-f181.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750915Ab3K3TH5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Nov 2013 14:07:57 -0500 Received: by mail-ea0-f181.google.com with SMTP id m10so7725255eaj.40 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:07:56 -0800 (PST) From: Christian Lamparter To: "devendra.aaru" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: unable to set iwlwifi master mode Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:07:53 +0100 Message-ID: <20693321.VaS1fqlGWS@debian64> (sfid-20131130_200803_238825_CF9A8962) In-Reply-To: References: <1980481.3p2Oa8Hyrn@debian64> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Saturday 30 November 2013 13:24:10 devendra.aaru wrote: > On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Christian Lamparter > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Saturday 30 November 2013 12:26:11 devendra.aaru wrote: > >> I was trying to use my intel wireless device as an AP. > >> > >> It seem to be that i couldn't able to get it working. > >> > >> in case: > >> > >> 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000 > > > > > >> What could be the possible mistake? > > Well, The latest version I found for the IWL 1000 was/is v39.31.5.1 Build > > 35138. It looks like this version doesn't "support" AP or P2P mode... and > > it looks like it won't be coming. > > > > You probably want to look for a replacement card. However, if you are using > > a laptop, this might be difficult. Some vendor bios' have a wifi whitelist > > and you have to ask your laptop vendor for the list first or "get creative". > > > > Regards, > > > > Christian > > I am using a laptop, so it won't work out for me. Think about it. I can tell you from my experience: This is less of a hassle. > Does this version you are talking is about the firmware? Oh yes. Sorry. I must have dropped the "firmware" while editing. It should have said: "Well, the latest firmware version I found..." > If so changing it might help out? If you can find/get a firmware version for the device which supports it: "probably yes". You can check if a firmware supports the mode by loading iwlwifi/iwldvm driver and use the iw tool [0]. # iw list This will produce a list of all capabilities of each (available) wifi device in the system. Among the print out there's an entry called "Supported interface modes". It should look something like this: Supported interface modes: * managed * AP <--- * AP/VLAN <--- * ... (This is from a IWL 7260). Good luck while scanning through intel's firmware repository (sorry, can't help you there). Regards, Christian [0]