On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 07:09,  [off-list ref] 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:(((((:

$ 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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