Use hostapd to set master mode?
Alexander Huemer
alexander.huemer at sbg.ac.at
Sun Feb 22 15:09:20 EST 2009
Christian Lamparter wrote:
> On Sunday 22 February 2009 19:04:08 Alexander Huemer wrote:
>
>
>> i am plumbing to get an AP with hostapd and nl80211 working too, in my
>> case with driver p54_pci.
>> in order to get an interface in master mode, i have to use
>> # iw phy phy0 interface add myap type __ap
>> this gets me a seperate virtual interface that i can then use with
>> hostapd.
>>
> No you can do this much easier..
> just load the driver and run hostapd.
> (Of course you have to set interface=wlan0 (depends on your setup) in hostapd.conf before)
>
>
>> unfortunately it is still not operational.
>> i don't know if there is a better way to achieve the same effect.
>> i would be interested in one.
>> i am using kernel 2.6.29_rc5, iw 0.9.9 and hostapd 0.6.8.
>>
>
> no error messages, no crda, no logs?
>
> Regards,
> Chr
>
you are right. using interface wlan0 does the right thing. thanks for
the hint.
you were asking for additional info on my situation. here is the output
of hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
ctrl_interface_group=0
Opening raw packet socket for ifindex 673211762
BSS count 1, BSSID mask ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (0 bits)
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=21 enc_capa=0xf
nl80211: Added 802.11b mode based on 802.11g information
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=1 freq=2412 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=2 freq=2417 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=3 freq=2422 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=4 freq=2427 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=5 freq=2432 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=6 freq=2437 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=7 freq=2442 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=8 freq=2447 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=9 freq=2452 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=10 freq=2457 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=11 freq=2462 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=1 freq=2412 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=2 freq=2417 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=3 freq=2422 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=4 freq=2427 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=5 freq=2432 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=6 freq=2437 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=7 freq=2442 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=8 freq=2447 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=9 freq=2452 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=10 freq=2457 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=11 freq=2462 MHz max_tx_power=27 dBm
RATE[0] rate=10 flags=0x6
RATE[1] rate=20 flags=0x6
RATE[2] rate=55 flags=0x6
RATE[3] rate=110 flags=0x6
RATE[4] rate=60 flags=0x0
RATE[5] rate=90 flags=0x0
RATE[6] rate=120 flags=0x0
RATE[7] rate=180 flags=0x0
RATE[8] rate=240 flags=0x0
RATE[9] rate=360 flags=0x0
RATE[10] rate=480 flags=0x0
RATE[11] rate=540 flags=0x0
Passive scanning not supported
Flushing old station entries
Deauthenticate all stations
Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 00:04:e2:80:ee:66 and ssid 'blackbit'
SSID - hexdump_ascii(len=8):
62 6c 61 63 6b 62 69 74 blackbit
PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=8):
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 abcdefgh
PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): de f0 68 11 e2 22 fb 3c ff
8b c7 52 a3 fb 5c 28 10 22 f3 1a ca 4b c2 1d dc f4 fb e2 20 8b
14 00
WPA: group state machine entering state GTK_INIT (VLAN-ID 0)
GMK - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
GTK - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
WPA: group state machine entering state SETKEYSDONE (VLAN-ID 0)
wlan0: Setup of interface done.
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for broadcast SSID
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
mgmt::proberesp cb
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
mgmt::proberesp cb
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for broadcast SSID
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
mgmt::proberesp cb
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for our SSID
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
mgmt::proberesp cb
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
mgmt::proberesp cb
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for broadcast SSID
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
mgmt::proberesp cb
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for our SSID
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for broadcast SSID
MGMT (TX callback) fail
mgmt::proberesp cb
MGMT (TX callback) fail
mgmt::proberesp cb
MGMT (TX callback) fail
mgmt::proberesp cb
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for broadcast SSID
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
mgmt::proberesp cb
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for broadcast SSID
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
mgmt::proberesp cb
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for broadcast SSID
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
mgmt::proberesp cb
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
mgmt::proberesp cb
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for our SSID
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for broadcast SSID
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
mgmt::proberesp cb
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
mgmt::proberesp cb
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for broadcast SSID
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
mgmt::proberesp cb
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
mgmt::proberesp cb
STA 00:1f:3c:87:51:99 sent probe request for broadcast SSID
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
...
the output after the newlines come from a testing notebook with windows
vista sp1.
the AP does not show up there.
is there anything i could try?
here is my config:
interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
logger_syslog=-1
logger_syslog_level=2
logger_stdout=-1
logger_stdout_level=2
dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump
ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
ctrl_interface_group=0
ssid=blackbit
country_code=AT
hw_mode=g
beacon_int=100
dtim_period=2
max_num_sta=255
rts_threshold=2347
fragm_threshold=2346
macaddr_acl=0
auth_algs=3
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
eapol_key_index_workaround=0
eap_server=0
wpa=1
wpa_passphrase=abcdefgh
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP CCMP
please tell me if additional infos could be of use.
regards
-alex
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