From: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com>
To: "Mark Ryden" <markryde@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, johannes@sipsolutions.net
Subject: Re: Master mode in iw
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:56:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wsf74z6f.fsf@nokia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dac45060811130349k3153fcd6i9e6f35f9df3f52ef@mail.gmail.com> (ext Mark Ryden's message of "Thu\, 13 Nov 2008 13\:49\:01 +0200")
Mark Ryden <markryde@gmail.com> writes:
> Thanks for you quick response. I know that I can set master mode
> with hostapd.
>
> My question is - is there something inherent which prevents
> implementing it with "iw"? When comparing to the old set of tools,
> which includes iwconifg, "iwconfig wlan0 mode Master" works on some
> interfaces.
Just guessing, but most probably because there are no drivers which
use nl80211 and support AP mode without hostapd, so nobody hasn't
bothered to implement it, yet.
--
Kalle Valo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-13 11:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-13 10:46 Master mode in iw Mark Ryden
2008-11-13 10:57 ` Kalle Valo
2008-11-13 11:49 ` Mark Ryden
2008-11-13 11:53 ` Johannes Berg
2008-11-13 11:56 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2008-11-13 12:06 ` Johannes Berg
2008-11-14 8:56 ` Kalle Valo
2008-11-14 13:39 ` Stefanik Gábor
2008-11-14 13:44 ` Michael Buesch
2008-11-14 14:19 ` John W. Linville
2008-11-14 14:35 ` Stefanik Gábor
2008-11-14 14:41 ` Michael Buesch
2008-11-14 21:56 ` Johannes Berg
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