Punky, Thanks for the pointers. Sorry for the dumb questions, I'm trying to understand this.
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Kim-man 'Punky' TSE <[email protected]> wrote: > For 11n-based atheros card, ath9k is the right module. > 1) Please read http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k for > information on ath9k driver Ok - I read this and I think this applies to my wireless card. > 2) You will need to install iw tools, which is available at > http://www.voyage.hk/dists/0.6/iw/. 3) Then read I installed iw with "apt-get install iw" since it was the same version 0.9.14-1. > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd for configuration. I read this but I'm as confused as ever. > Probably you only need: > > interface=wlan0 > driver=nl80211 > channel=11 > hw_mode=g > I replaced my existing hostapd.conf with the lines above. Now these are the only lines in hostapd.conf > in /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf + the suggested configuration in /README Which steps of the README are you referring to? > 4) Of course, don't forget /etc/network/interfaces > auto wlan0 > iface wlan0 inet static > address 10.1.10.1 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > broadcast 10.1.10.255 > up nat.sh wlan0 eth0 "10.1.10.0/24" > So, what should I have in my /etc/network/interfaces at this point? The lines above AND the ath0 lines from the README? Both? Here's what I have now: voyage:~# cat /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf interface=wlan0 driver=nl80211 channel=11 hw_mode=g voyage:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet static address 10.1.10.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.1.10.255 up nat.sh wlan0 eth0 "10.1.10.0/24" auto ath0 iface ath0 inet static address 10.1.20.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.1.20.255 madwifi-base wifi0 wireless-mode Master up iwpriv ath0 mode 3 up iwconfig ath0 mode master up iwconfig ath0 essid voyage up iwconfig ath0 txpower auto up iwconfig ath0 enc off up iwconfig ath0 rate auto up nat.sh ath0 eth0 "10.1.20.0/24" And here is the error I get: voyage:~# /etc/init.d/hostapd start Starting advanced IEEE 802.11 management: hostapdioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device (warning). Trying to start hostapd manually gives this error: voyage:~# hostapd -dd -t /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf 1266890173.877060: Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device 1266890174.003575: Could not read interface flags (wlan0) 1266890174.003615: nl80211 driver initialization failed. 1266890174.003630: wlan0: Unable to setup interface. Thanks for your patience. _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
