hostapd + madwifi setup problem

[Jouni Malinen]

On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 05:42:57PM -0800, David wrote:

> Hi all, have a problem setting up madwifi and hostapd with wpa2/wpa:
> I'm running kernel-2.6.18.3, madwifi-0.9.2, hostapd-0.5.6;

> when I type
> hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd.conf
> 
> I get:

... The debug output looked fine to me.. Could you please describe the
problems you are seeing in more detail?

> Some times I also get messages about not being linked to the kernel driver.

Please include the exact messages. I don't know what this is referring
to..

> When hostapd is run, the wireless network is not visible.  Prior to starting
> hostapd I always run:

What do you mean by wireless network not being visible? Other devices do
not see the AP?

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA