On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:19 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That was me trying to set this up last week :-) > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I am following this guide... >>> >>> http://gentoo-wiki.com/Madwifi_Wireless_Access_Point >>> >>> ...to setup my gentoo system as a wireless access point. I have it all >>> setup and everthing is working, however, when I boot up my gentoo system >>> it says... >>> >>> >>> >>> Bringing up interface ath0 >>> starting wpa_supplicant on ath0 >>> ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: invalid argument >>> Could not configure driver to use managed mode >>> >>> Starting wpa_cli on ath0... >>> Backgrounding >>> WARNING:net.ath0 has started, but is inactive >>> >>> >>> >>> I think something must be configured the wrong way. How do I fix this? I >>> think I want "master mode" not "managed mode" >>> >>> I think this problem may have to do with the fact I am using baselayout >>> 2.0.0 but am not totally sure. >>> >>> What does "ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: invalid argument" mean? >>> >>> What does "inactive" mean? >>> >>> Again, everything is working so this isn't a major problem but I would >>> still like to fix it. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> I'm not sure if this will help but I did a little googleing for ya. >> Look at the last post on this one. >> >> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/169035 >> >> Hope that helps or some guru will come help. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> >> > > > >
Jason, You should probably respond to Stroller's comments in that email thread :).
