Re: mac80211 AP mode powersaving problems?

[Kalle Valo <Kalle.Valo@nokia.com>]

Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> writes:

>> Are there any tricks or should this be enough with b43:
>> 
>> iwconfig wlan0 mode master channel 2 essid mac80211
>> ip link set wlan0 up
>
> Umm, of course not. You need hostapd.

Heh, I guess I have used madwifi too much :) 

I didn't even think of hostapd, for some strange reason I have always
thought it as an optional feature.

I couldn't find any instructions how to use hostapd with mac80211, so
here's what I did (for the archive):

o pulled latest wireless-dev#everything

o pulled latest hostapd from git

o compiled hostapd with these extra settings in .config:

CONFIG_DRIVER_DEVICESCAPE=y
WIRELESS_DEV=/home/kvalo/linux-2.6/
CFLAGS += -I$(WIRELESS_DEV)/net/mac80211

o edited hostapd.conf (wlan1 is my b43 interface):

interface=wlan1                                                                
driver=devicescape                                                             
hw_mode=g                                                                      
channel=5                                                                      

o started hostapd:

# ./hostapd hostapd.conf

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Kalle Valo