From: Pat Erley <pat-lkml@erley.org>
To: Abdelmuhaimen Seaudi <aseaudi@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: Intel Wifilink 5100 AGN - Does it support Access Point Infrastructure Mode ?
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:22:09 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5131D2D1.7020709@erley.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABFmVg5J6nWfBFL1VAsD+V3X_xPD6v4wLz0X5Wv4p082Trdshw@mail.gmail.com>
On 03/02/2013 04:51 AM, Abdelmuhaimen Seaudi wrote:
> Hello iwlwifi support,
> I want to run my Wifi Intel WifiLink 5100 AGN in Access Point
> Infrstructure Mode, so that I can connect via WiFi with other devices
> to my workstation.
> This is under Ubuntu Linux 12.10.
> I have tried setting the wlan0 to run in master mode, but it gives me
> error, as shown below.
> Is it possible to run this WiFi radio in AP Infrstrucutre mode ? How ?
> Thanks,
>
> aseaudi@Home:~$ iwconfig
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"3Com"
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:22:57:1F:C4:2B
> Bit Rate=48 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality=51/70 Signal level=-59 dBm
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:468 Missed beacon:0
> lo no wireless extensions.
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> aseaudi@Home:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode master
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd
Master mode requires userspace to handle setup and control. That page
should cover most/all of what you need.
Pat Erley
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2013-03-02 9:51 ` Fwd: Intel Wifilink 5100 AGN - Does it support Access Point Infrastructure Mode ? Abdelmuhaimen Seaudi
2013-03-02 10:22 ` Pat Erley [this message]
2013-03-02 12:52 ` Abdelmuhaimen Seaudi
2013-03-02 10:27 ` Pat Erley
2013-03-02 12:47 ` Abdelmuhaimen Seaudi
2013-03-03 16:08 ` Dan Williams
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