From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f52.google.com ([209.85.161.52]:34349 "EHLO mail-fx0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751500Ab1GDUI6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jul 2011 16:08:58 -0400 Received: by fxd18 with SMTP id 18so5527298fxd.11 for ; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:08:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by blech.mobile (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACB92100455 for ; Mon, 4 Jul 2011 22:08:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from blech.mobile ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BepzFHmw+i04 for ; Mon, 4 Jul 2011 22:08:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from blech.localnet (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by blech.mobile (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CABD10038F for ; Mon, 4 Jul 2011 22:08:55 +0200 (CEST) To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: carl9170: Problems setting up Virtual Interface From: Christian Lamparter Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 22:08:54 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <201107042208.54936.chunkeey@googlemail.com> (sfid-20110704_220912_362490_FA8F4C54) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Monday, July 04, 2011 09:46:46 PM Alex wrote: > I am using the carl9170 interface from the 2.6.39.2 kernel with the > newest carl9170 firmware. I have set-up an AP with hostapd. Everything > is working so far: > > root@box:~# ifconfig > mon.wlan0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:27070 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:4583087 (4.3 MiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) > > wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr > inet addr:192.168.80.1 Bcast:192.168.80.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::76ea:3aff:fe8f:130c/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:320 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:231 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:28815 (28.1 KiB) TX bytes:26887 (26.2 KiB) > > I am now trying to create an additional virtual intereface to connect > wireless to my router as described on: > > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/iw/vif/ > > with > iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan1 type station > > However, ifconfig does not list the additional wlan1 interface. The virtual interface might not be listed because it can't be brought up since it shares the same mac with the main interface. so try "ifconfig -a" ? Regards, Chr