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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I have just found this link <br><a href="http://xpressrazor.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/use-your-laptop-as-a-wifi-router-under-linux/" target="_blank">http://xpressrazor.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/use-your-laptop-as-a-wifi-router-under-linux/</a><br><br>That shows that my wifi device with driver iwlwifi, and <br><pre>modinfo iwlwifi | grep 'depend'
depends: cfg80211<br><br>does work, but I do not get the driver nl80211 to work.<br><br>The link goes on to describe a start-up script:-<br>#!/bin/bash
rmmod iwlwifi
modprobe iwlwifi
iwconfig wlan0 mode Master freq 2.42G essid testhostapd<br><br></pre><br>Best Regards<br>
Naipaul Ojar<br>
<br> ~~0~0~0~~<br><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> From: chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com<br>> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:33:15 +0530<br>> Subject: Re: Fedora 18, how do I get nl80211 or cfg80211 driver ?<br>> To: naipaul_ojar@hotmail.com<br>> CC: hostap@lists.shmoo.com; dcbw@redhat.com<br>> <br>> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 4:45 AM, Naipaul Ojar <naipaul_ojar@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> > I think that I am missing something in trying to get the nl80211 driver.<br>> ><br>> > 1. I have looked at :-<br>> > http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation/nl80211<br>> > - Is cfg80211 to replace nl80211 ?<br>> ><br>> <br>> nl80211 is not a kernel module, its part of cfg80211 kernel module.<br>> > 2. From:-<br>> > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=277190<br>> > - This thread suggests installing kmod_staging - which I did, but no<br>> > change.<br>> > - I cannot see how this thread is any way related ..<br>> ><br>> > Re: F16 and no wireless... "nl80211 not found" (help, thnx)<br>> > ________________________________<br>> > The driver should be in kmod-staging install the rpmfusion software<br>> > repositories first. Also see this thread, it has some recent issues near the<br>> > end.<br>> ><br>> > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1559624<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > 3. I have iw, and this dumps a ton of stuff.<br>> ><br>> > 4. I have a basic Fedora hotspot running in ad-hoc mode, which is of little<br>> > use to my Android<br>> > devices, so I know that the wifi device can operate as a hotspot. I can<br>> > confirm its presence using<br>> > a wifi detector app. Android just does not allow me to connect to it.<br>> ><br>> > 5. $ modinfo iwlwifi | grep -A 3 -B 2 depend<br>> > alias: pci:v00008086d00004232sv*sd00001301bc*sc*i*<br>> > alias: pci:v00008086d00004232sv*sd00001201bc*sc*i*<br>> > depends: cfg80211<br>> > intree: Y<br>> > vermagic: 3.8.7-201.fc18.x86_64 SMP mod_unload<br>> > parm: debug:debug output mask (uint)<br>> ><br>> > $ uname -r<br>> > 3.8.7-201.fc18.x86_64<br>> i dont have a FC18, so can you share the lspci and dmesg outputs.<br>> Is the modules there (or) it fails to load?<br></div> </div></body>
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