From: Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Assigning an IP in AP mode
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:55:53 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC=wYCEL2jkO74-351wDQnkmVysVJxPfUiBDy9djTVSQ_rVbxg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN0CFw3+x=Cy_ND2epSTYbuSG1wbm61ZLkV1hG2KcP=LppQ_pA@mail.gmail.com>
>> I have net.wlan0 started by init, not by hostapd, not sure if that
>> makes a difference.
>
> You start net.wlan0 in master mode with /etc/init.d/net.wlan0? If so,
> do you have a PSK?
No - master mode comes with hostapd. It just gets started.
> hostapd doesn't report any error and I don't think it should.
> Everything works fine as soon as I 'ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.1' but I
> know there's a way to assign that IP automatically, I've just
> forgotten what it is. My description above is the trouble I run into
> when I try to set up that automatic IP assignment. As long as I issue
> ifconfig manually, everything works fine.
Just let net.wlan0 bring the interface up and configure the IP for you.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-15 3:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-12 2:11 [gentoo-user] Assigning an IP in AP mode Grant
2011-08-12 4:29 ` Adam Carter
2011-08-13 15:43 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2011-08-14 3:42 ` Grant
2011-08-14 3:41 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant
2011-08-15 1:45 ` Adam Carter
2011-08-15 3:38 ` Grant
2011-08-15 3:55 ` Adam Carter [this message]
2011-08-15 23:36 ` Grant
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