On Sat, 1 Jan 2011 16:04:36 +0200 Andrei Popescu <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Vi, 31 dec 10, 14:00:04, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > Hello, > > > > looks like one good way to go about it is to use hostapd. > > > > however there's supposed to be nl80211 driver which I need. > > > > I can .h files when I search through debian, but no binary looking > > thingy, and the hostapd package does not contain it. > > > > Can anyone shed some light on this. > > > > Looks like the iwl3945 driver can NOT be used to operate as an > > access point. > > You might be over-thinking this. Just install hostapd and edit the > config to your liking (the file is very well commented). Well you'd be right if I was running stable. I just looked and there is a /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf file in the stable package. Looking at the _unstable_ package, that file is gone. Package bug ? Regardless, many of the examples I can find on the intertubes use the nl80211 module, and hostapd complains that it is missing. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110101083557.30a7c...@bamboo.deldotd.com