AP mode - usb wlan interface: Sagem XG-76NA 802.11bg

AP mode - usb wlan interface: Sagem XG-76NA 802.11bg

[mafeuser]

Hallo group members.

I wonder if I can put it to AP (master mode) or in other words, does
AP/master mode have to be supported by hardware or is it only matter of
software(driver)?

best redards,
Paul

Re: AP mode - usb wlan interface: Sagem XG-76NA 802.11bg

[Walter Goldens]

Hi Paul,

Your device has ZyDAS zd1211b chip which is covered by the zd1211rw driver. Recently AP support has been implemented for this module. You'll likely need compat-wireless to enable it on your system.

Walter

> Date: Sunday, May 29, 2011, 7:19 PM
> Hallo group members.
> 
> I wonder if I can put it to AP (master mode) or in other
> words, does
> AP/master mode have to be supported by hardware or is it
> only matter of
> software(driver)?
> 
> best redards,
> Paul
> --

> 

Re: AP mode - usb wlan interface: Sagem XG-76NA 802.11bg

[mafeuser]

Walter Goldens <goldenstranger@yahoo.com> writes:

> Hi Paul,
>
> Your device has ZyDAS zd1211b chip which is covered by the zd1211rw driver. Recently AP support has been implemented for this module. You'll likely need compa t-wireless to enable it on your system.
>
> Walter
>

Hallo Walter.

Thank YOu for the answer.

I didn't know about compat-wireless package, thus that's why I upgraded
by ubuntu 10.04 to ubuntu 11.04, then gotten newest kernel 2.6.39 week
ago.

then I did: 
$ iw list
Wiphy phy0
....
....
	Supported interface modes:
		 * IBSS
		 * managed
		 * AP           !!!! YES, YES
		 * AP/VLAN
		 * monitor
		 * mesh point

BUT:(((((:

$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

I was a little bit disappointed, that's why I decided to ask You.

What am I doing wrong?

best regards,
Paul

Re: AP mode - usb wlan interface: Sagem XG-76NA 802.11bg

[Julian Calaby]

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 07:09,  <mafeuser@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hallo Walter.
>
> Thank YOu for the answer.
>
> I didn't know about compat-wireless package, thus that's why I upgraded
> by ubuntu 10.04 to ubuntu 11.04, then gotten newest kernel 2.6.39 week
> ago.
>
> then I did:
> $ iw list
> Wiphy phy0
> ....
> ....
>        Supported interface modes:
>                 * IBSS
>                 * managed
>                 * AP           !!!! YES, YES
>                 * AP/VLAN
>                 * monitor
>                 * mesh point
>
> BUT:(((((:
>
> $ sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode master
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
>
> I was a little bit disappointed, that's why I decided to ask You.
>
> What am I doing wrong?

You can't set master mode with iwconfig. Access point mode needs a
program to run in userspace to handle some of the heavy lifting. You
need to read this FAQ entry:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/FAQ#Q:_iwconfig_wlan0_mode_master_does_not_work

Then look up hostapd

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd

Thanks,

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