From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N6lp9-0002Fz-6E for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:59:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AADC7E08F7; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:59:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pw0-f47.google.com (mail-pw0-f47.google.com [209.85.160.47]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78648E08F7 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:59:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj4 with SMTP id 4so1329558pwj.26 for ; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:59:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=TO/D2Bqgh+h6WuAzN8YEkDfB0lXSyezVDpo+O9uJMLA=; b=ig4WQnt0EBabOyEj/KGyppyx5sW11F0c8I5/qLLm2dFgTD9SvQb5LEG6lC/ag9m/bo PnVK3qmpWoUliaOZxmNmU2KUbKwsT6weOzLRHGGkKDIyDh2vRk8LlIR+Hu29dS0wiNhZ bZuXLUrAffnRp4Qsa2kZO2e1b9aDt6SKSQriY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=katNu3csXtVBDBNQ1Ar2xa92R5shkIB6NsK2tkIDe84DEKJOSokd9cZCze5tCwVpfv bckhUK+XK4Be8MpXfDr62uXTbj4M+D9b/8Vv8E4hoSC4jH849peTkoGoEWW7THQgHcjb q26bwLB//ZrfcQS6zX1RfmFm8T7iBk/C7qKHw= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.115.80.18 with SMTP id h18mr9020547wal.53.1257602365034; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:59:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4AF54739.9090808@f_philipp.fastmail.net> References: <184110a70911062121p4b3ef789m2f237b8e95552400@mail.gmail.com> <4AF54739.9090808@f_philipp.fastmail.net> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:59:25 +0800 Message-ID: <184110a70911070559h56dfd505sbcfc4e76a1909c4@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] WiFi access point with iwl3945 From: Mike Mazur To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: dad76f40-67ce-4f3b-b6ee-7a9d333c3bb9 X-Archives-Hash: 32616a0d9644bb15c39057b12284ffa9 Hi, On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 18:08, Florian Philipp wrote: > Mike Mazur schrieb: >> I'm trying to set up my laptop to be a wireless access point. It has >> an iwl3945 card. I followed the "Atheros Ath5k Wireless Access Point" >> article on gentoo-wiki.com[1] before realizing that it was Atheros >> specific. >> >> [...] >> >> Does anyone know whether it's possible to use hostapd with iwlwifi >> drivers? Is there an alternative access point software I can use? > > Sorry, your hardware doesn't support working as an access point. Thanks for clarifying. No wonder I couldn't find any tutorials specific to the iwlwifi driver. Mike