On 17/01/15 00:43, Beat Meier wrote: > On 01/16/2015 08:16 PM, Pat Erley wrote: >> On 01/16/2015 04:29 PM, Beat Meier wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> I'm using an WLM200NX card in master mode ath1 and want to do scanning >>> on the same interface. >>> I'm using ath9k on 3.8.13 kernel (voyage-linux) >>> >>> So I setup an additional interface in sta mode with >>> iw phy phy1 interface add ath2 type managed >>> This works but the interface is not coming up. >>> I tried several things like >>> auto ath2 >>> iface ath2 inet static >>> address 10.58.1.1 >>> netmask 255.255.255.0 >>> wireless-mode Managed >>> wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.WPA-PSK >>> >>> But wpa_spplicant comes with error: >>> wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start >>> run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant exited with return >>> code 1 >>> RTNETLINK answers: Name not unique on network >>> Failed to bring up ath2. >>> >>> I can setup monitor mode but I want to scan to see what other equipment >>> is on which channel ... >>> >>> What's the problem? With ath9k I cannot use ap and sta mode together??? >>> >> >> You need to assign a different mac address to the new interface. >> >> [Resend, accidentally dropped mailing list] >> > > This solved the problem. > Would be nice to add a comment in > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw/vif#station
By the way, you can scan also with a master interface. You just need to pass the ap-force flag to the scan command. Cheers, -- Antonio Quartulli
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