ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_HOSTAPD]: Operation not supported

Jouni Malinen jkmaline
Sun Oct 16 16:10:07 PDT 2005


On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 10:42:16PM +0200, Jens Wilke wrote:

> i can't get a Netgear MA311 working as AP.
> It works well in ad-hoc and managed mode. I can bring it into monitor 
> mode but not in master mode:
> # iwconfig eth1 mode master

Host AP driver does not use eth# as the interface name by default..

> # dmesg |grep eth1
> eth1: Hardware identity 8013:0000:0001:0000

That's not Host AP driver. It looks like you have another driver (likely
built into the kernel) which prevents Host AP driver from using that
card.


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