Hostapd gives error with Madwifi.conf file

[Nazeer Khan]

On Mon, September 10, 2007 2:34 pm, maloomnahi at indiatimes.com said:
> Hi Nazeer,
>
> Following was the result by using the same mentioned conf file
>
> [root at localhost hostapd-0.5.8]# hostapd -dd hostapd1.conf
> Configuration file: hostapd1.conf
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> ioctl(SIOCGIFINDEX): No such device

Do u have a bridge interface "br0" ?????

> madwifi driver initialization failed.
> eth1: Unable to setup interface.
> Flushing old station entries
> Deauthenticate all stations
> rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory
>
> Is the issue with the CONF / CONFIG file or some driver settings? Thanks
> for everything ... in advance
>
> Regards
> PPN
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nazeer <nazeer.khan at nicta.com.au>
> To: maloomnahi at indiatimes.com
> Cc: hostap at shmoo.com
> Sent: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:20:10 +0530 (IST)
> Subject: RE: Hostapd gives error with Madwifi.conf file
>
> Use the following config file and if you have any errors post them
> here.....
>
> # Configuration File for WPA-PSK
> interface=ath0
> bridge=br0
> driver=madwifi
> logger_syslog=-1
> logger_syslog_level=2
> logger_stdout=-1
> logger_stdout_level=2
> debug=0
> dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> ssid=test_ssid
> macaddr_acl=0
> auth_algs=3
> wpa=3
> wpa_passphrase=XXXXXXXXXXX
> wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> wpa_pairwise=TKIP CCMP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hostap-bounces+nazeer.khan=nicta.com.au at shmoo.com
> [mailto:hostap-bounces+nazeer.khan=nicta.com.au at shmoo.com] On Behalf Of
> maloomnahi at indiatimes.com
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 1:30 PM
> To: Nazeer Khan
> Cc: hostap at shmoo.com
> Subject: Re: Hostapd gives error with Madwifi.conf file
>
> Hi Nazeer,
>
> Thanks for the information, I had the same setting in my .config file and
> no
> use changing that. Below is the result I am getting now:
>
> [root at localhost hostapd-0.5.8]# hostapd -dd madwifi.conf
> Configuration file: madwifi.conf
> 'ine 14: invalid/unknown driver 'madwifi
> '.2 errors found in configuration file 'madwifi.conf'
>
> [root at localhost hostapd-0.5.8]# hostapd -dd hostapd.conf
> Configuration file: hostapd.conf
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> eapol_version=1
> ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: Operation not supported
> Could not set interface to master mode!
> madwifi driver initialization failed.
> eth0: Unable to setup interface.
> Flushing old station entries
> Deauthenticate all stations
> rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory
>
> I am not finding any solution to this as of now, it would be great if you
> could give me a solution to this problem. Following are the additional
> information. .Config, hostapd.conf are set according to the ticket 539 and
> as per lists.shmoo.com.
>
> Madiwfi-0.9.3.1
> Linux 2.6.18
> Hostapd 0.5.8
> AR5212 Chipset
>
> Thanks
> PPN
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nazeer Khan <Nazeer.Khan at nicta.com.au>
> To: maloomnahi at indiatimes.com
> Cc: hostap at shmoo.com
> Sent: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 06:35:52 +0530 (IST)
> Subject: Re: Hostapd gives error with Madwifi.conf file
>
>
> On Fri, September 7, 2007 5:10 pm, maloomnahi at indiatimes.com said:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> This email is with regards to a problem faced while running the
>> hostapdv0.5.8 with madwifi CONFIG file. Its about hostapd -dd
>> madwifi.conf
>> giving "Line 14: invalid/unknown driver 'madwifi" error on the prompt.
>
> I believe you have not compiled hostapd with madwifi support. Change the
> .config file to include madwifi driver too.
>
> # Driver interface for madwifi driver
> CONFIG_DRIVER_MADWIFI=y
> CFLAGS += -I/usr/src/madwifi-ng
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Nazeer Khan
> Research Student
> Networks and Pervasive Computing
> National ICT Australia Limited
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Regards,

Nazeer Khan
Research Student
Networks and Pervasive Computing
National ICT Australia Limited
Phone: +61 2 8374 5554
Mobile: +61 415627442

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