2011-01-06 20:58:12

by Larry Finger

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Subject: Question about iwl3945

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.

Thanks,

Larry


2011-01-06 22:23:37

by Larry Finger

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Subject: Re: Question about iwl3945

On 01/06/2011 03:04 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 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.

Thanks. Don't worry, I'm not trying to convert a $600 laptop into a $30 access
point! In fact, I already own 4 APs. A year ago, I wrote a howto for the
openSUSE forums, and someone is trying to follow my prescription. He had some
nasty things to say about the 3945 when I gave him the bad news. Unfortunately,
he will be buying another wifi card and not an AP.

Larry

2011-01-06 21:04:45

by Johannes Berg

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Subject: Re: Question about iwl3945

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