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 1E0R1s-0002CK-GB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2005 21:44:09 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j73LfSuU019834; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 21:41:28 GMT Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.197]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j73LXiPs031435 for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 21:33:44 GMT Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id l37so53888nfc for ; Wed, 03 Aug 2005 14:34:14 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=qFxTqMUhqAq9OIIg8OGKiP1p8/uAINWnKsrXN9EZ9y9rkMbTKme1pPJWNkeUSvog0qGCJksP8qBCVsVxtyr/BWQxTbQe2/nFrbV4gI0TGBowenR8weNRroAvazt1x/97n+VfR7qkUtfmML3xPb0ft217tQRYSIWhldiKQnKQCJo= Received: by 10.48.239.18 with SMTP id m18mr38653nfh; Wed, 03 Aug 2005 14:34:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.142.10 with HTTP; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 14:34:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 21:34:14 +0000 From: Fernando Meira To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] wpc54g card as AP -- works? 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 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_688_13989513.1123104854495" X-Archives-Salt: f879b4a4-7244-4bd2-80a5-01af5c0d783e X-Archives-Hash: daac1f01c6a7450849de09a7fe0e526c ------=_Part_688_13989513.1123104854495 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hi, I wanted to provide wireless connection to the internet for other laptops a= t=20 home.=20 To do this, one laptop is connected via eth0 and wlan0 should work as AP to= =20 all others. I have been following the HOWTO: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Building_a_Wireless_Access_Point_With_Gentooan= d 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= =20 am I doing wrong? Is there any other HOWTO with better instructions? Or anyone that can=20 provide me a step-by-step configuration? Thanks in advance. Fernando. ------=_Part_688_13989513.1123104854495 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hi,

I wanted to provide wireless connection to the internet for other laptops a= t 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_Bui= lding_a_Wireless_Access_Point_With_Gentoo and trying to find solution i= n 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 Mo= de" (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 provi= de me a step-by-step configuration?

Thanks in advance.
Fernando.
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