Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-12 Thread Mick
On Friday 12 June 2009, Stroller wrote: > At that time the only other 802.11g driver that did master mode was, I   > think, Prism54 and it was a little difficult to get hold of cards   > featuring that chipset (consequently I got into the side-business of   > selling them, and probably have 20 left

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-12 Thread Grant
>>> OK, thank you Norman.  The reason I'm trying to switch (this is my >>> third serious attempt) is some kind of a bug that crashes the system >>> when SMP is enabled and the madwifi driver is in master mode.  I've >>> been running without SMP, but I could really use the extra power. >> >> That's

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-12 Thread Norman Rieß
Stroller schrieb: On 12 Jun 2009, at 16:38, Grant wrote: ... OK, thank you Norman. The reason I'm trying to switch (this is my third serious attempt) is some kind of a bug that crashes the system when SMP is enabled and the madwifi driver is in master mode. I've been running without SMP, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-12 Thread Stroller
On 12 Jun 2009, at 16:38, Grant wrote: ... OK, thank you Norman. The reason I'm trying to switch (this is my third serious attempt) is some kind of a bug that crashes the system when SMP is enabled and the madwifi driver is in master mode. I've been running without SMP, but I could really use

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-12 Thread Stroller
On 12 Jun 2009, at 14:17, Grant wrote: ... wlan0 in master mode does _not_ have an IP adress. So far eth0 is the only ip adress your device has. If you do not spezify a local ip adress on eth1, you will not have any local ip adress. I'm very confused. I've been running wlan0 in master m

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-12 Thread Grant
> Leave INTERFACES blank. As you keep the networks seperated, hostapd > does > not > depend on any other devices. > wlan0 is initialized by hostapd. So you are good to go. > The accesspoint itself, so to say the wlan part does not have any IP > adress, > at it is mer

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-12 Thread Norman Rieß
Grant schrieb: Leave INTERFACES blank. As you keep the networks seperated, hostapd does not depend on any other devices. wlan0 is initialized by hostapd. So you are good to go. The accesspoint itself, so to say the wlan part does not have any IP adress, at it is merely a connectionpoint for norma

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-12 Thread Grant
>>> Leave INTERFACES blank. As you keep the networks seperated, hostapd does >>> not >>> depend on any other devices. >>> wlan0 is initialized by hostapd. So you are good to go. >>> The accesspoint itself, so to say the wlan part does not have any IP >>> adress, >>> at it is merely a connectionpoin

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-12 Thread Norman Rieß
Matt Causey schrieb: On 12 Jun 2009, at 06:46, Graham Murray wrote: Norman Rieß writes: What do you want to do with your accesspoint. You will need a bridge to a wired network if you want your ap attached to that wired network. This is quite usual though... Without a bridge to a wired netw

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-12 Thread Norman Rieß
Grant schrieb: Leave INTERFACES blank. As you keep the networks seperated, hostapd does not depend on any other devices. wlan0 is initialized by hostapd. So you are good to go. The accesspoint itself, so to say the wlan part does not have any IP adress, at it is merely a connectionpoint for norma

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-12 Thread Matt Causey
On 12 Jun 2009, at 06:46, Graham Murray wrote: Norman Rieß writes: What do you want to do with your accesspoint. You will need a bridge to a wired network if you want your ap attached to that wired network. This is quite usual though... Without a bridge to a wired network, only the wlan sys

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-11 Thread Graham Murray
Norman Rieß writes: > What do you want to do with your accesspoint. You will need a bridge > to a wired network if you want your ap attached to that wired > network. This is quite usual though... > Without a bridge to a wired network, only the wlan systems are > connected and can not connect to y

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-11 Thread Grant
>>> What do you want to do with your accesspoint. You will need a bridge to a >>> wired network if you want your ap attached to that wired network. This is >>> quite usual though... >>> Without a bridge to a wired network, only the wlan systems are connected >>> and >>> can not connect to your wire

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-11 Thread Norman Rieß
What do you want to do with your accesspoint. You will need a bridge to a wired network if you want your ap attached to that wired network. This is quite usual though... Without a bridge to a wired network, only the wlan systems are connected and can not connect to your wired systems. Tha

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-11 Thread Grant
>> Thanks for the clarification Norman :-) >> >> ok, I removed net.wlan0 so it doesn't start up anymore. My computer >> booted >> up and all the services are working the way they should, however I am >> having a problem getting hostapd to start. Here is the error I get >

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-11 Thread Norman Rieß
Grant schrieb: Thanks for the clarification Norman :-) ok, I removed net.wlan0 so it doesn't start up anymore. My computer booted up and all the services are working the way they should, however I am having a problem getting hostapd to start. Here is the error I get when I tried to start up host

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-11 Thread Grant
Thanks for the clarification Norman :-) ok, I removed net.wlan0 so it doesn't start up anymore. My computer booted up and all the services are working the way they should, however I am having a problem getting hostapd to start. Here is the error I get when I

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-10 Thread Jason Carson
> Jason Carson schrieb: >>> Jason Carson schrieb: >>> Alright, I have done everything you have suggested but when hostapd tries to start I am getting this error... penguin ~ # /etc/init.d/hostapd start * Starting hostapd... Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-10 Thread Norman Rieß
Jason Carson schrieb: Jason Carson schrieb: Alright, I have done everything you have suggested but when hostapd tries to start I am getting this error... penguin ~ # /etc/init.d/hostapd start * Starting hostapd... Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf Failed to set interface wlan0

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-10 Thread Norman Rieß
Jason Carson schrieb: Alright, I have done everything you have suggested but when hostapd tries to start I am getting this error... penguin ~ # /etc/init.d/hostapd start * Starting hostapd... Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf Failed to set interface wlan0 to master mode. nl80211 driv

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-10 Thread Jason Carson
> Jason Carson schrieb: >>> Jason Carson schrieb: >>> Thanks for the clarification Norman :-) ok, I removed net.wlan0 so it doesn't start up anymore. My computer booted up and all the services are working the way they should, however I am having a problem getting hosta

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-10 Thread Norman Rieß
Jason Carson schrieb: Jason Carson schrieb: Thanks for the clarification Norman :-) ok, I removed net.wlan0 so it doesn't start up anymore. My computer booted up and all the services are working the way they should, however I am having a problem getting hostapd to start. Here is the error

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-10 Thread Jason Carson
> Jason Carson schrieb: >> Thanks for the clarification Norman :-) >> >> ok, I removed net.wlan0 so it doesn't start up anymore. My computer >> booted >> up and all the services are working the way they should, however I am >> having a problem getting hostapd to start. Here is the error I get when

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-10 Thread Norman Rieß
Jason Carson schrieb: Thanks for the clarification Norman :-) ok, I removed net.wlan0 so it doesn't start up anymore. My computer booted up and all the services are working the way they should, however I am having a problem getting hostapd to start. Here is the error I get when I tried to start

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-09 Thread Jason Carson
> Jason Carson schrieb: >> Hey Norman, >> >> I tried changing my /etc/conf.d/net to what you suggested but it >> resulted >> in the following errors... >> >> *Bringing up interface wlan0 >> * Configuring wireless network for wlan0 >> * Scanning for access points >> *no access points

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-09 Thread Norman Rieß
Jason Carson schrieb: Hey Norman, I tried changing my /etc/conf.d/net to what you suggested but it resulted in the following errors... *Bringing up interface wlan0 * Configuring wireless network for wlan0 * Scanning for access points *no access points found * Failed to confi

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-09 Thread Jason Carson
>> >> On 9 Jun 2009, at 08:15, Jason Carson wrote: >>> H, I tried emerging hostapd normally and I noticed this... >>> >>> * Enabling Wi-Fi Protected Setup support >>> * Enabling drivers: >>> * HostAP driver enabled >>> * Wired driver enabled >>> * Prism54 driver enabled >>> * Madwifi dr

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-09 Thread Jason Carson
> > On 9 Jun 2009, at 08:15, Jason Carson wrote: >> H, I tried emerging hostapd normally and I noticed this... >> >> * Enabling Wi-Fi Protected Setup support >> * Enabling drivers: >> * HostAP driver enabled >> * Wired driver enabled >> * Prism54 driver enabled >> * Madwifi driver enabl

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-09 Thread Jason Carson
> Jason Carson schrieb: >> Greetings, >> >> I am trying to setup a wireless access point using the atheros kernel >> driver (Built into the kernel, not as a module). I am using >> Vanilla-Sources 2.6.29.4. I need my wireless network card to start up in >> "master mode" but for some reason it is sta

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-09 Thread Stroller
On 9 Jun 2009, at 08:15, Jason Carson wrote: H, I tried emerging hostapd normally and I noticed this... * Enabling Wi-Fi Protected Setup support * Enabling drivers: * HostAP driver enabled * Wired driver enabled * Prism54 driver enabled * Madwifi driver enabled * nl80211 driver en

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-09 Thread Norman Rieß
Jason Carson schrieb: Greetings, I am trying to setup a wireless access point using the atheros kernel driver (Built into the kernel, not as a module). I am using Vanilla-Sources 2.6.29.4. I need my wireless network card to start up in "master mode" but for some reason it is starting up in "mana

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:33:35 -0500, Dale wrote: > Also, I think emerge used to have the --digest option. Basically it > tells emerge to skip checking the digest. I didn't see it in the man > page so it may not be there anymore. It was dangerous, because it ignored digests for all packages emerg

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-09 Thread Jason Carson
> Jason Carson wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> I think I might know the problem. After doing some reading apparently >> many >> distrutions, including Gentoo, don't ship hostapd with support for the >> nl80211 driver. I checked the Gentoo tarball and this is the case. I >> tried >> editing the defconfig f

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-08 Thread Dale
Jason Carson wrote: > Hey all, > > I think I might know the problem. After doing some reading apparently many > distrutions, including Gentoo, don't ship hostapd with support for the > nl80211 driver. I checked the Gentoo tarball and this is the case. I tried > editing the defconfig file in hostapd

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-08 Thread Jason Carson
> On Tuesday 09 June 2009, Jason Carson wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> I am trying to setup a wireless access point using the atheros kernel >> driver (Built into the kernel, not as a module). I am using >> Vanilla-Sources 2.6.29.4. I need my wireless network card to start up in >> "master mode" but fo

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-08 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 09 June 2009, Jason Carson wrote: > Greetings, > > I am trying to setup a wireless access point using the atheros kernel > driver (Built into the kernel, not as a module). I am using > Vanilla-Sources 2.6.29.4. I need my wireless network card to start up in > "master mode" but for some r

Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-08 Thread Jason Carson
Hey all, I think I might know the problem. After doing some reading apparently many distrutions, including Gentoo, don't ship hostapd with support for the nl80211 driver. I checked the Gentoo tarball and this is the case. I tried editing the defconfig file in hostapd.tar.gz (enabling CONFIG_DRIVER

[gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

2009-06-08 Thread Jason Carson
Greetings, I am trying to setup a wireless access point using the atheros kernel driver (Built into the kernel, not as a module). I am using Vanilla-Sources 2.6.29.4. I need my wireless network card to start up in "master mode" but for some reason it is starting up in "managed mode". When wlan0