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Hi, I have never compiled linux kernel, so I'm pretty sure I shouldn't
post here :) But I'm stuck for a few weeks.<br>
<br>
I want to setup linux ap box with eth1 WAN interface and eth0 and wlan0
bridged.<br>
<br>
I originally followed <a
href="http://oob.freeshell.org/nzwireless/LWAP-HOWTO.html">A Linux
Wireless Access Point HOWTO</a> from Simon Anderson of NZ-Wireless. I
was attracted of precompiled RH9 kernel with hostap already included
in. But after many days of testing I found that not even is this howto
partially incomplete but for different thing too. Wireless part
(AP+client connections) was ok but many different things went wrong. I
was stuck for first time :)<br>
<br>
I decided to go back to Mandrake 9.1 (which I run on several machines
and am more familiar with) and do everything without any howto. Here we
begin:<br>
<br>
Machine:<br>
MSI KM2M Combo (K7 motherboard with intergrated Savage4 video a VIA
Rhine II ethernet)<br>
Duron 1200<br>
256MB DDR 333<br>
30GB HDD<br>
Realtek 8139 (for local bridge between wireless and wired lan)<br>
ZCOM XI-626 PCI wireless card (I updated firmware to 1.7.4)<br>
<br>
Mandrake 9.1 installed flawlessly (oppose to RH9.0, which had problems
with integrated Savage4 video, I was forced to vga) and even detected
all net interfaces including wireless (eth0 - orinoco_pci, eth1 - rhine
II, eth0 - realtek8139). I updated kernel to <a
href="ftp://mandrake.redbox.cz/Mandrake-updates/9.1/RPMS/kernel-2.4.21.0.25mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm">2.4.21.0.25</a>
from rpm. Then I changed the orinoco_pci driver to hostap_pci (via
NetConf in KDE), everything went ok so far. I was amused of relative
simplicity compared to RH9 and started to configure my AP. But problems
arrived. All iwconfig commands run well (iwconfig wlan0 essid "...",
etc.) but when I used iwpriv commands, horror arised :)<br>
<br>
iwpriv wlan0 maccmd 1<br>
<br>
Interface doesn't accept private ioctl...<br>
maccmd (8BF0): Operation not supported<br>
<br>
So I installed latest <a
href="ftp://mandrake.redbox.cz/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/wireless-tools-26-1mdk.i586.rpm">wireless
tools</a> from rpm and ... nothing changed. Then I looked around and
found <a
href="ftp://mandrake.redbox.cz/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/hostap-0.0.4-1mdk.i586.rpm">latest
hostap in rpm</a> and installed it too. No progress still. Time for
little research came and I recognized that in mentioned hostap rpm are
only hostapd files, but in <br>
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.25mdk/kernel/3rdparty/hostap <br>
reside hostap files from original Mandrake installation (hostap_pci
0.0.0 2002-10-12, etc.).<br>
<br>
Now I was really stuck and started to search web for any related info.
After few days I found that I'm stuck with nothing but questions:<br>
<br>
1. I would like to use rather hostapd cuz Jouni said somewhere in
discussions that IT is the future of hostap. But I wasn't able to find
any info on how to use that, there is not a one howto for hostapd
afaik. I'm not even sure if I need hostap_pci for hostapd functionality
(cuz in mentioned hostap rpm package was only hostapd files, I assume
that it may not be needed).<br>
<br>
2. I want to avoid any compilation if it is possible, so is there any
way to install latest hostap or hostapd on Mandrake 9.1 from rpm? Or if
there will be need of hostap compiling, is there requirement only of
kernel source installed (preferably from rpm) or whole kernel must be
compiled too?<br>
<br>
3. Is there any howto for hostap for linux newbies covering hostapd
use? It would be a real gem for people like me.<br>
<br>
<br>
Ok, guys, I'm pretty sure this mail will be no brain for most of you on
this mailing list and also I'm sure that I'm in some very obvious
mistake with my approach and there is no need of including any detailed
info about configuration etc. <br>
<br>
But please, don't accuse me of posting to wrong list, I'm stuck and
tired of all of it and I really need help. Thx alot in advance.<br>
<br>
Karel Rericha<br>
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