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

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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

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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

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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
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Quoted 6 lines · 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 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

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Quoted 23 lines · On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 07:09, <[email protected]> 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:(((((:

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$ 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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