I have installed and configured my wirelss network with MadWifi and
wpa_supllicant. However it is unencrypted. What do I have to do to setup
WPA encryption? I have followed this
(http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Building_a_Wireless_Access_Point#WPA_Encryption)
but when I run...

hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf

I get this...

Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
madwifi_set_iface_flags: dev_up=0
Using interface ath0 with hwaddr 00:19:5b:80:f2:d8 and ssid 'CarsonNet'
Flushing old station entries
madwifi_sta_deauth: addr=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff reason_code=3
ioctl[unknown???]: Invalid argument
Could not connect to kernel driver.
Deauthenticate all stations
rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory
madwifi_set_privacy: enabled=0
madwifi_set_iface_flags: dev_up=0

When I run this...

/etc/init.d/hostapd start

I get this...

* Starting hostapd ...
Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Using interface ath0 with hwaddr 00:19:5b:80:f2:d8 and ssid 'CarsonNet'
Flushing old station entries
ioctl[unknown???]: Invalid argument
Could not connect to kernel driver.
Deauthenticate all stations
rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory
[ !! ]


So what does this mean?

ioctl[unknown???]: Invalid argument

I can't get hostapd to startup until this is fixed.


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