From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f46.google.com ([209.85.161.46]:50067 "EHLO mail-fx0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755329Ab1HWPLU (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:11:20 -0400 Received: by fxh19 with SMTP id 19so304559fxh.19 for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:11:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Christian Lamparter To: "Louis" Subject: Re: carl9170-driver usable as AccessPoint Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:11:16 +0200 Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <20110823081829.203150@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20110823081829.203150@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Message-Id: <201108231711.16397.chunkeey@googlemail.com> (sfid-20110823_171133_032310_F0CE42C6) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tuesday, August 23, 2011 10:18:29 AM Louis wrote: > I am trying to set up an Accesspoint using the Fritz!WLAN USB Stick N with > the carl9170-1.9.4 driver. The system runs on a 3.0-rc2 kernel. That's a misprint, right?! Because 3.0.3 still ships with 1.9.2. > When trying to use hostapd-0.8, I get following error message: > "nl80211: Failed to set interface wlan1 into AP mode" That's a generic error message. You'll to be more precise in fact hostapd has a -d and -dd switch which makes the output more verbose. > Can you you give me a hint if there is something wrong in my setup? No, 'cause you haven't shown us any of your setup :D. > Or is AP- usage not supported in the carl9170 driver? It is. As long as noone disables it. > Is there another way (or maybe driver) which can set the wifi-stick > into master mode ? Well, now that you mention it: a different stick. For example the Fritz!WLAN USB Stick N. Even though this stick has the same name, it's quite different, they now stick AR7010+AR9280 chips into the device and ath9k_htc is the driver.