From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Roskin Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:06:26 -0400 Subject: [ath9k-devel] Master mode In-Reply-To: <1246204362.31362.1322524945@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1246204362.31362.1322524945@webmail.messagingengine.com> Message-ID: <1246244786.22661.7.camel@mj> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 08:52 -0700, Edward Siefker wrote: > I'm trying to use my ath9k card in master mode. I've installed > the wireless-testing kernel as suggested in this post to this list: > http://www.mail-archive.com/ath9k-devel at lists.ath9k.org/msg00532.html > > When I execute 'iwconfig wlan1 mode Master' I get: > > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device wlan1 ; Invalid argument. > > What's the deal? If it matters, I only need 802.11b working here. > Thanks! In mac80211 drivers, master mode can only be enabled by hostapd. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin