That was me trying to set this up last week :-)
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I am following this guide...
>>
>> http://gentoo-wiki.com/Madwifi_Wireless_Access_Point
>>
>> ...to setup my gentoo system as a wireless access point. I have it all
>> setup and everthing is working, however, when I boot up my gentoo system
>> it says...
>>
>>
>>
>> Bringing up interface ath0
>> starting wpa_supplicant on ath0
>> ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: invalid argument
>> Could not configure driver to use managed mode
>>
>> Starting wpa_cli on ath0...
>> Backgrounding
>> WARNING:net.ath0 has started, but is inactive
>>
>>
>>
>> I think something must be configured the wrong way. How do I fix this? I
>> think I want "master mode" not "managed mode"
>>
>> I think this problem may have to do with the fact I am using baselayout
>> 2.0.0 but am not totally sure.
>>
>> What does "ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: invalid argument" mean?
>>
>> What does "inactive" mean?
>>
>> Again, everything is working so this isn't a major problem but I would
>> still like to fix it.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jason
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> I'm not sure if this will help but I did a little googleing for ya.
> Look at the last post on this one.
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/169035
>
> Hope that helps or some guru will come help.
>
> Dale
>
> :-) :-)
>
>
