How to enable the master mode of my card?

[Aubrey]

Of course, I can enable it work at managed mode and ad-hoc mode.
I'll try if I can make hostap work on it.
Thank you all.

Regards,
-Aubrey
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root:~> iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.


eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"workgroup"  Nickname:"Prism  I"

         Mode:Managed  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00  Bit Rate:11Mb/s
         Sensitivity:1/3
         Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
         Encryption key:off
         Power Management:off
         Link Quality:0/92  Signal level:-68 dBm  Noise level:-122 dBm
         Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
         Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0


root:~> iwconfig eth1 essid workgroup

root:~> iwconfig eth1 mode master

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
   SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.

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On 9/19/06, Jacob <fun2program8 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Are you running as root? :)
>
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:10:51 -0400, Aubrey <aubreylee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 9/18/06, Vinod L R <vinodl at aztecsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Destroy ur interface and create in master mode
> >
> > Sorry, I don't understand.
> > What I have done is as follows, Isn't it enough?
> > ========================================
> >
> > root:~> iwconfig
> > lo        no wireless extensions.
> >
> > eth0      no wireless extensions.
> >
> > eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"workgroup"  Nickname:"Prism  I"
> >           Mode:Managed  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00  Bit Rate:11Mb/s
> >           Sensitivity:1/3
> >           Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> >           Encryption key:off
> >           Power Management:off
> >           Link Quality:0/92  Signal level:-68 dBm  Noise level:-122 dBm
> >           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
> >           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> >
> > root:~> iwconfig eth1 essid workgroup
> > root:~> iwconfig eth1 mode master
> > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> >     SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.
> > ============================================================
> >
> >> ( which version of madwifi
> >> are u using)
> >
> > I'm using the driver for Lucent Orinoco, Prism II based and similar
> > wireless cards,
> > I think it's the newest driver in the latest linux kernel.
> >
> > Regards,
> > -Aubrey
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: hostap-bounces+vinodl=aztecsoft.com at shmoo.com
> >> [mailto:hostap-bounces+vinodl=aztecsoft.com at shmoo.com] On Behalf Of
> >> Aubrey
> >> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:07 PM
> >> To: hostap at shmoo.com
> >> Subject: How to enable the master mode of my card?
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'm working on an embedded system, And the wireless card "D-Link Air
> >> Wireless Compact Flash card" is enabled. The following is some info of
> >> my system: =====================================================
> >> root:~> dmesg | grep eth1
> >> eth1: Hardware identity 800c:0000:0001:0000
> >> eth1: Station identity  001f:0004:0001:0007
> >> eth1: Firmware determined as Intersil 1.7.4
> >> eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
> >> eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
> >> eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key
> >> eth1: MAC address 00:0D:88:F0:6E:B2
> >> eth1: Station name "Prism  I"
> >> eth1: ready
> >> root:~> iwconfig
> >> lo        no wireless extensions.
> >>
> >> eth0      no wireless extensions.
> >>
> >> eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""  Nickname:"Prism  I"
> >>           Mode:Managed  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00  Bit Rate:11Mb/s
> >>           Sensitivity:1/3
> >>           Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> >>           Encryption key:off
> >>           Power Management:off
> >>           Link Quality:0/92  Signal level:-68 dBm  Noise level:-122 dBm
> >>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
> >>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> >> =======================================================
> >>
> >> The card can be iwconfiged to the managed mode and works properly but
> >> failed when I want to set it to master mode:
> >> ============================================
> >> root:~> iwconfig eth1 essid workgroup
> >> root:~> iwconfig eth1 mode y
> >> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> >>     SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.
> >> ============================================
> >>
> >> I want to take my small system as an AP, I'm not sure I'm on the right
> >> way. What should I do next step? Is there any docs about my case? I
> >> really appreciate your any suggestions and clues.
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot.
> >> -Aubrey
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