Hi there,
I'm in the process of migrating a server from madwifi drivers to ath5k
drivers, and I am experiencing problems setting up VAPs. I'm using a
2.6.29 kernel, with a customised ath5.ko module to enable use as an AP,
with iw-0.9.12.
When I modprobe the ath5k driver, I get a wlan0 interface show up in the
output of iwconfig which seems fine. But now I want to add 2 interfaces
to wlan0 like this:
iw dev wlan0 interface add ath0 type __ap
iw dev wlan0 interface add ath1 type __ap
This then gives the following output in iwconfig:
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
ath0 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Master Frequency:2.412 GHz Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
ath1 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Master Frequency:2.412 GHz Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Unfortunately when I try and set the SSID for each of the interfaces, iw
fails with the following error:
foo:/usr/sbin# iwconfig ath0 essid "sirius1"
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device ath0 ; Operation not supported.
foo:/usr/sbin# iwconfig ath1 essid "sirius2"
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device ath1 ; Operation not supported.
Can anyone point me in the right direction at all?
ATB,
Mark.
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Mark Cave-Ayland - Senior Technical Architect
PostgreSQL - PostGIS
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http://www.siriusit.co.uk
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