-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Kemptner wrote: > Hallo, > > > I tried to configure a wlan card with ath5k on linux, but it is not possible > to change the mode from "managed" to "ad-hoc". > As I am not so familiar to linux, could you please answer a bit more in > detail. > > Thanks a lot. > >> iwconfig wlan1 mode ad-hoc > > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device wlan1 ; Device or resource busy. > > > > the running kernel is 2.6.24-1-amd64. > > > Here are some further details: > > > 16:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 > Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01) > Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 1042 > Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 16 > Memory at 80000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] > Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 > Kernel modules: ath5k > > > > > > -==Device Information==- > MAC Version: 5212 (0x50) > MAC Revision: 5213A (0x59) > PHY Revision: 5112a (0x36) > -==EEPROM Information==- > EEPROM Version: 4.8 > EEPROM Size: 16K > Regulatory Domain: 0x0 > -==== Capabilities ====- > | 802.11a Support: yes | > | 802.11b Support: yes | > | 802.11g Support: yes | > | RFKill Support: no | > | 32KHz Crystal: yes | > ======================== > GPIO registers: CR 00000000 DO 00000000 DI 00000000 > _______________________________________________ > ath5k-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ath5k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath5k-users You need to take the interface down with ifconfig, then change mode, then bring it up again.
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