On 02/23/2010 08:43 PM, D1e6o! wrote: > Hello, I'm getting problems to turn my laptop in master mode. > > When I try to change the mode I get an error: > > sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode master > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. > > I followed the guide to install the drivers and the problem persists > (http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/devices), also tried to > use the drivers installed from repositories of ubuntu karmic desktop, > with and without networkmanager running > > The board is running fine, I have an broadcom 4311 rev 2 and running > the driver b43 > > The kernel is from ubuntu, do I need any special compilation of it? > > lsmod | grep b43 > b43 136552 0 > ssb 40944 1 b43 > mac80211 209912 1 b43 > cfg80211 109144 2 b43,mac80211 > led_class 5256 1 b43 > > The driver creates two interfaces, with iwconfig: > (other interfaces of my computer) > ... > wmaster0 no wireless extensions. > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated > Tx-Power=20 dBm > Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > 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 > > Why I get "Invalid Argument"? The argument Isn't recognized...
That is not the correct way to set master or AP mode. One way is described in the first post in the openSYSE Wireless Forum at http://tinyurl.com/yzlp7nm. It contains the scripts needed to implement an AP using hostapd and DHCP. The firewall is left to you. This way will work with b43 as long as hostapd is 0.6.0 or later. Version 0.5.X will not work. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
