Hostapd gives error with Madwifi.conf file

maloomnahi at indiatimes.com maloomnahi
Sun Sep 9 22:00:45 PDT 2007


Hi Nazeer,

Every PCI card for example AR5212 comes with a bridge interface to connecto the hardware. Mine is also a TPLINK PCI AR5212 chipset. So my CONF files always call for the bridge interface. Is it in anyway a compilation or .CONFIG file issue? Following are the modules added into the system

Module                  Size  Used by
hostapd_cli.o          17792  0
sta_info.o             15744  0
ttls_openssl.o          5632  0
md5.o                   8320  0
md4.o                   8448  0
sha256.o               15360  0
ieee802_11_auth.o       5632  0
hostapd.o               5632  0
eap_ttls.o              5632  0
eap_tls_common.o        5632  0
eap_sim.o               5632  0
eap_psk.o               5632  0
eap_pax.o               5632  0
eap_maschapv2.o         5632  0
eap_md5.o               5632  0
eap_gtc.o               5632  0
eap_gpsk.o              5632  0
eap_gpsk_common.o       5632  0
eap_aka.o               5632  0
driver_madwifi.o       11392  0
crtl_iface.o            8832  0
crypto.o               31808  0
eap.o                   5632  0
ieee802_1x.o            5632  0
ieee802_11.o            5632  0
preauth.o               5632  0
radius_client.o         5632  0
radius_server.o         5632  0
radius.o                5632  0
radius                  5632  0
wme.o                  31808  0
wpa_ctrl.o             31808  0
wpa.o                  31808  0
aes_wrap.o             31936  0
des                    21888  0
wlan_scan_ap            8832  0
wlan_xauth              5632  0
ieee80211              32712  0
ieee80211_crypt         9728  1 ieee80211
md5                     8320  0
md4                     8448  0
sha256                 15360  0
wlan_acl                8192  0
wlan_wep                9984  0
wlan_ccmp              11392  0
wlan_tkip              15232  0
aes                    31808  0
i915                   23168  2
drm                    72596  3 i915
autofs4                25604  2
hidp                   24064  2
rfcomm                 45976  0
l2cap                  31744  10 hidp,rfcomm
bluetooth              58596  5 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc                158524  1
acpi_cpufreq           13188  0
freq_table              9984  1 acpi_cpufreq
dm_multipath           22536  0
video                  20996  0
sbs                    20288  0
i2c_ec                  9344  1 sbs
button                 11152  0
battery                14468  0
ac                      9604  0
ipv6                  266272  36
parport_pc             31268  1
lp                     17096  0
parport                40648  2 parport_pc,lp
snd_intel8x0           36508  1
snd_ac97_codec         95136  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus            6656  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy           8196  0
intel_rng               7168  0
snd_seq_oss            37248  0
snd_seq_midi_event     11904  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                57072  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
wlan_scan_sta          17792  0
snd_seq_device         12556  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            46464  0
snd_mixer_oss          20736  1 snd_pcm_oss
ath_rate_sample        16512  1
sg                     38684  0
snd_pcm                80388  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
serio_raw              11268  0
tg3                   105348  0
ath_pci                97184  0
wlan                  198724  36 hostapd_cli.o,sta_info.o,ttls_openssl.o,ieee802_11_auth.o,hostapd.o,eap_ttls.o,eap_tls_common.o,eap_sim.o,eap_psk.o,eap_pax.o,eap_maschapv2.o,eap_md5.o,eap_gtc.o,eap_gpsk.o,eap_gpsk_common.o,eap_aka.o,driver_madwifi.o,crtl_iface.o,eap.o,ieee802_1x.o,ieee802_11.o,preauth.o,radius_client.o,radius_server.o,radius.o,radius,wlan_scan_ap,wlan_xauth,wlan_acl,wlan_wep,wlan_ccmp,wlan_tkip,wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci


Thanks
PPN


----- Original Message -----
From: Nazeer Khan <Nazeer.Khan at nicta.com.au>
To: maloomnahi at indiatimes.com
Cc: Nazeer Khan <nazeer.khan at nicta.com.au>, hostap at shmoo.com
Sent: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:18:24 +0530 (IST)
Subject: RE: Hostapd gives error with Madwifi.conf file


On Mon, September 10, 2007 2:47 pm, maloomnahi at indiatimes.com said:
> Hi Nazeer,
>
> I do not have a bridge interface, but as far as the documents related to
> hostpad-amdwifi are concerned they have asked to keep that in the CONF
> file. I have tried removing the bridge variable also, but no use. The
> error is the same.

With madwifi you need a bridge interface. It won't work without that.

>
> Thanks
> PPN
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nazeer Khan <Nazeer.Khan at nicta.com.au>
> To: maloomnahi at indiatimes.com
> Cc: Nazeer <nazeer.khan at nicta.com.au>, hostap at shmoo.com
> Sent: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:12:32 +0530 (IST)
> Subject: RE: Hostapd gives error with Madwifi.conf file
>
>
> 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
>> Phone: +61 2 8374 5554
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>>
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>
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>
> Nazeer Khan
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> Networks and Pervasive Computing
> National ICT Australia Limited
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Nazeer Khan
Research Student
Networks and Pervasive Computing
National ICT Australia Limited
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Mobile: +61 415627442

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