Fernando Meira wrote:
Hi,
I wanted to provide wireless connection to the internet for other
laptops at home.
To do this, one laptop is connected via eth0 and wlan0 should work as
AP to all others.
I have been following the
HOWTO:http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Building_a_Wireless_Access_Point_With_Gentoo
and trying to find solution in forums... but I can't get it working.
The wireless card is working with ndiswrapper.
When I try to set it to Master, I get this:
# iwconfig wlan0 mode Master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
Does this means that the card is unable to perform the task I want, or
what am I doing wrong?
Is there any other HOWTO with better instructions? Or anyone that can
provide me a step-by-step configuration?
Thanks in advance.
Fernando.
The way I understand it, the ability to work in AP mode is determined by
the drivers which must implement the SoftAP protocols (master mode). So,
you need to know which chipset and which drivers you are using for your
card (a lot of manufacturers, including Linksys, change their wireless
chipsets often, without changing the product model). Then you can find
out if the drivers support the master mode.
Eugene.
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