Re: Hotspot script not working
On Sep 3, 2013 7:01 AM, Anubhav Yadav anub...@icoer.in wrote: On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 10:33 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: I suspect this is coming from line 253 (ifconfig mon.$INTERFACE_WLAN down). I believe that the . has a special meaning in interface names inasmuch as it indicates a VLAN (virtual LAN) device. So mon.wlan0 would be the VLAN wlan0 running over physical interface mon. Now, as VLAN IDs can only be numeric and I don't think you've got a mon interface, that's why it's failing. I *also* can't find any other mention of mon. in that file. It's possible one of the commands it calls creates such an interface (I'm not familiar with hostapd or dnsmasq), so check how they work first. But you might get away with just commenting out line 253 :) I commented out the line, the error won't come, but still the hotspot is not detected on my mobile! Any help will be appreciated. -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav, Computer Engineering Final Year Student, Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Pune. -- 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/1378102804.7954.3.camel@Innovator -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav, Computer Engineering Final Year Student, Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Pune. -- 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/1378179642.5206.1.camel@Innovator Hello May I suggest trying to google for using debian as an ad-hoc wifi / hotspot / whatever you want to call it, since it may just be easier to do that rather than porting/debugging that script? I was able to find quite a few guides, even on wiki.debian.org. Good luck! -- Sent from my Brick (TM)
Re: Re: Hotspot script not working
Hello May I suggest trying to google for using debian as an ad-hoc wifi / hotspot / whatever you want to call it, since it may just be easier to do that rather than porting/debugging that script? I was able to find quite a few guides, even on wiki.debian.org. Good luck! I will quote a line from where I downloaded the script Ubuntu lets you easily create a wireless hotspot by using the Network Manager, but it uses an ad hoc network and most Android and Windows Phone devices can't connect to such networks. But still I will give it a try! -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav, Computer Engineering Final Year Student, Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Pune. -- 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/1378221150.5999.2.camel@Innovator
Re: Hotspot script not working
On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 11:50:04AM +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: Hello List, I used to make use of this script extensively when I was using ubuntu. It used to work perfectly out-of-the-box. But on debian when I start the script, it runs without any error, but the hotspot is never shown on my mobile. When I restart the script, I get this error message: Restarting Wireless Hotspot... Stopping Wireless Hotspot... mon.wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device I suspect this is coming from line 253 (ifconfig mon.$INTERFACE_WLAN down). I believe that the . has a special meaning in interface names inasmuch as it indicates a VLAN (virtual LAN) device. So mon.wlan0 would be the VLAN wlan0 running over physical interface mon. Now, as VLAN IDs can only be numeric and I don't think you've got a mon interface, that's why it's failing. I *also* can't find any other mention of mon. in that file. It's possible one of the commands it calls creates such an interface (I'm not familiar with hostapd or dnsmasq), so check how they work first. But you might get away with just commenting out line 253 :) Starting Wireless Hotspot... Wireless Hotspot active The script is here http://paste.debian.net/33549/ And I downloaded the script here: http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/how-to-set-up-wireless-hotspot-access.html Any help will be appreciated. -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav, Computer Engineering Final Year Student, Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Pune. -- 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/1378102804.7954.3.camel@Innovator signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Hotspot script not working
On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 10:33 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: I suspect this is coming from line 253 (ifconfig mon.$INTERFACE_WLAN down). I believe that the . has a special meaning in interface names inasmuch as it indicates a VLAN (virtual LAN) device. So mon.wlan0 would be the VLAN wlan0 running over physical interface mon. Now, as VLAN IDs can only be numeric and I don't think you've got a mon interface, that's why it's failing. I *also* can't find any other mention of mon. in that file. It's possible one of the commands it calls creates such an interface (I'm not familiar with hostapd or dnsmasq), so check how they work first. But you might get away with just commenting out line 253 :) I commented out the line, the error won't come, but still the hotspot is not detected on my mobile! Any help will be appreciated. -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav, Computer Engineering Final Year Student, Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Pune. -- 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/1378102804.7954.3.camel@Innovator -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav, Computer Engineering Final Year Student, Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Pune. -- 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/1378179642.5206.1.camel@Innovator
