>>>> Thanks for the clarification Norman :-) >>>> >>>> ok, I removed net.wlan0 so it doesn't start up anymore. My computer >>>> booted >>>> up and all the services are working the way they should, however I am >>>> having a problem getting hostapd to start. Here is the error I get when >>>> I >>>> tried to start up hostapd... >>>> >>>> penguin ~ # /etc/init.d/hostapd start >>>> * Bringing up interface wlan0 >>>> * Configuring wireless network for wlan0 >>>> * Scanning for access points >>>> * no access points found >>>> * Failed to configure wireless for wlan0 >>>> * ERROR: net.wlan0 failed to start >>>> * ERROR: cannot start hostapd as net.wlan0 would not start >>>> >>>> It's suppose to be an access point, not scanning for one so do you have >>>> any idea what I should do now? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Did you remove wlan0 from the /etc/conf.d/hostapd file? >>> >>> >>> >> >> No, should I just leave it empty? >> INTERFACES="" >> >> What about /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf? >> Do I leave it like this... >> interface=wlan0 >> ...or remove that line too? >> >> > > INTERFACES should at least contain the bridge device. The wired NIC does not > hurt either. > In /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf wlan0 is needed to tell hostapd which device it > has to initialize, so leave it like this.
I've almost got this working, but I don't know what to include in the /etc/conf.d/hostapd INTERFACES variable since I don't have a br0 device or configuration. Do I need one? If I leave INTERFACES empty and I don't start net.wlan0, I don't have a way to define the IP address for the AP, and shorewall's "loc" zone is empty because net.wlan0 hasn't started. - Grant
