Hostapd gives error with Madwifi.conf file

Nazeer Khan Nazeer.Khan at nicta.com.au
Mon Sep 10 00:48:24 EDT 2007


On Mon, September 10, 2007 2:47 pm, maloomnahi at indiatimes.com said:
> Hi Nazeer,
>
> I do not have a bridge interface, but as far as the documents related to
> hostpad-amdwifi are concerned they have asked to keep that in the CONF
> file. I have tried removing the bridge variable also, but no use. The
> error is the same.

With madwifi you need a bridge interface. It won't work without that.

>
> Thanks
> PPN
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nazeer Khan <Nazeer.Khan at nicta.com.au>
> To: maloomnahi at indiatimes.com
> Cc: Nazeer <nazeer.khan at nicta.com.au>, hostap at shmoo.com
> Sent: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:12:32 +0530 (IST)
> Subject: RE: Hostapd gives error with Madwifi.conf file
>
>
> On Mon, September 10, 2007 2:34 pm, maloomnahi at indiatimes.com said:
>> Hi Nazeer,
>>
>> Following was the result by using the same mentioned conf file
>>
>> [root at localhost hostapd-0.5.8]# hostapd -dd hostapd1.conf
>> Configuration file: hostapd1.conf
>> ctrl_interface_group=0
>> ioctl(SIOCGIFINDEX): No such device
>
> Do u have a bridge interface "br0" ?????
>
>> madwifi driver initialization failed.
>> eth1: Unable to setup interface.
>> Flushing old station entries
>> Deauthenticate all stations
>> rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory
>>
>> Is the issue with the CONF / CONFIG file or some driver settings? Thanks
>> for everything ... in advance
>>
>> Regards
>> PPN
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Nazeer <nazeer.khan at nicta.com.au>
>> To: maloomnahi at indiatimes.com
>> Cc: hostap at shmoo.com
>> Sent: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:20:10 +0530 (IST)
>> Subject: RE: Hostapd gives error with Madwifi.conf file
>>
>> Use the following config file and if you have any errors post them
>> here.....
>>
>> # Configuration File for WPA-PSK
>> interface=ath0
>> bridge=br0
>> driver=madwifi
>> logger_syslog=-1
>> logger_syslog_level=2
>> logger_stdout=-1
>> logger_stdout_level=2
>> debug=0
>> dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump
>> ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
>> ctrl_interface_group=0
>> ssid=test_ssid
>> macaddr_acl=0
>> auth_algs=3
>> wpa=3
>> wpa_passphrase=XXXXXXXXXXX
>> wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>> wpa_pairwise=TKIP CCMP
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: hostap-bounces+nazeer.khan=nicta.com.au at shmoo.com
>> [mailto:hostap-bounces+nazeer.khan=nicta.com.au at shmoo.com] On Behalf Of
>> maloomnahi at indiatimes.com
>> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 1:30 PM
>> To: Nazeer Khan
>> Cc: hostap at shmoo.com
>> Subject: Re: Hostapd gives error with Madwifi.conf file
>>
>> Hi Nazeer,
>>
>> Thanks for the information, I had the same setting in my .config file
>> and
>> no
>> use changing that. Below is the result I am getting now:
>>
>> [root at localhost hostapd-0.5.8]# hostapd -dd madwifi.conf
>> Configuration file: madwifi.conf
>> 'ine 14: invalid/unknown driver 'madwifi
>> '.2 errors found in configuration file 'madwifi.conf'
>>
>> [root at localhost hostapd-0.5.8]# hostapd -dd hostapd.conf
>> Configuration file: hostapd.conf
>> ctrl_interface_group=0
>> eapol_version=1
>> ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: Operation not supported
>> Could not set interface to master mode!
>> madwifi driver initialization failed.
>> eth0: Unable to setup interface.
>> Flushing old station entries
>> Deauthenticate all stations
>> rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory
>>
>> I am not finding any solution to this as of now, it would be great if
>> you
>> could give me a solution to this problem. Following are the additional
>> information. .Config, hostapd.conf are set according to the ticket 539
>> and
>> as per lists.shmoo.com.
>>
>> Madiwfi-0.9.3.1
>> Linux 2.6.18
>> Hostapd 0.5.8
>> AR5212 Chipset
>>
>> Thanks
>> PPN
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Nazeer Khan <Nazeer.Khan at nicta.com.au>
>> To: maloomnahi at indiatimes.com
>> Cc: hostap at shmoo.com
>> Sent: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 06:35:52 +0530 (IST)
>> Subject: Re: Hostapd gives error with Madwifi.conf file
>>
>>
>> On Fri, September 7, 2007 5:10 pm, maloomnahi at indiatimes.com said:
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> This email is with regards to a problem faced while running the
>>> hostapdv0.5.8 with madwifi CONFIG file. Its about hostapd -dd
>>> madwifi.conf
>>> giving "Line 14: invalid/unknown driver 'madwifi" error on the prompt.
>>
>> I believe you have not compiled hostapd with madwifi support. Change the
>> .config file to include madwifi driver too.
>>
>> # Driver interface for madwifi driver
>> CONFIG_DRIVER_MADWIFI=y
>> CFLAGS += -I/usr/src/madwifi-ng
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Nazeer Khan
>> Research Student
>> Networks and Pervasive Computing
>> National ICT Australia Limited
>> Phone: +61 2 8374 5554
>> Mobile: +61 415627442
>>
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>
>
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>
> Nazeer Khan
> Research Student
> Networks and Pervasive Computing
> National ICT Australia Limited
> Phone: +61 2 8374 5554
> Mobile: +61 415627442
>
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Nazeer Khan
Research Student
Networks and Pervasive Computing
National ICT Australia Limited
Phone: +61 2 8374 5554
Mobile: +61 415627442

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