From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E0a96-0007RW-Eh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 04 Aug 2005 07:28:04 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j747QZex025537; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 07:26:35 GMT Received: from ash25e.internode.on.net (ash25e.internode.on.net [203.16.214.182]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j747Kmj9017405 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 07:20:49 GMT Received: from [127.0.0.1] (ppp111-167.lns1.hba1.internode.on.net [150.101.111.167]) by ash25e.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j747LK5j077197 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 16:51:22 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from eugene259@internode.on.net) Message-ID: <42F1C205.6010603@internode.on.net> Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 17:21:41 +1000 From: Eugene Rosenzweig User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wpc54g card as AP -- works? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 0a341c9f-547c-4bff-8fb1-0ff7d52d4052 X-Archives-Hash: 4d3d2a928c0931d41913b8a2083dc06f Fernando Meira wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to provide wireless connection to the internet for other > laptops at home. > To do this, one laptop is connected via eth0 and wlan0 should work as > AP to all others. > I have been following the > HOWTO:http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Building_a_Wireless_Access_Point_With_Gentoo > and trying to find solution in forums... but I can't get it working. > The wireless card is working with ndiswrapper. > When I try to set it to Master, I get this: > # iwconfig wlan0 mode Master > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. > > Does this means that the card is unable to perform the task I want, or > what am I doing wrong? > Is there any other HOWTO with better instructions? Or anyone that can > provide me a step-by-step configuration? > > Thanks in advance. > Fernando. The way I understand it, the ability to work in AP mode is determined by the drivers which must implement the SoftAP protocols (master mode). So, you need to know which chipset and which drivers you are using for your card (a lot of manufacturers, including Linksys, change their wireless chipsets often, without changing the product model). Then you can find out if the drivers support the master mode. Eugene. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list