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 1MEtlE-0007PX-Ft for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:32:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D28D7E02C1; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:32:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from india533.server4you.de (india533.server4you.de [85.25.151.41]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82F39E02C1 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:32:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.17] (pD95FF4D0.dip.t-dialin.net [217.95.244.208]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by india533.server4you.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38536770901 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:32:41 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4A319419.4000502@smash-net.org> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:32:41 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Norman_Rie=DF?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090430) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup References: <000606ca6620ef53cdcd6e935ccf6c4b.squirrel@jasoncarson.ca> <4A2E3C57.2060402@smash-net.org> <8d3434f676e4ca6527fde5e0c086be25.squirrel@jasoncarson.ca> <4A2EFFEE.6070803@smash-net.org> <22e332067298a86dc79f6def4e071ee3.squirrel@jasoncarson.ca> <4A2F8CEF.6070600@smash-net.org> <4A3011EA.9000908@smash-net.org> <49bf44f10906111513x4f177e37g6570a512256bee0a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10906111513x4f177e37g6570a512256bee0a@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c3f35807-9d64-4018-9607-12ebb09ae3b5 X-Archives-Hash: eefda78372455ac07b8bb76313fda086 Grant schrieb: >>>>> 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 > > What do you want to do with your accesspoint. You will need a bridge to a wired network if you want your ap attached to that wired network. This is quite usual though... Without a bridge to a wired network, only the wlan systems are connected and can not connect to your wired systems.