Could not set interface mon.wlan0 flags: No such file or directory
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xxxiter
Sun Feb 19 23:02:57 PST 2012
I have read my W311M dongle supports WAP by using hostapd:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Tenda_W311M
I have loaded module rt2800usb by applying this script:
#!/bin/sh
modprobe rt2800usb
echo 148F 5370 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2800usb/new_id
After that I get wlan0 interface:
$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn Mode:Master Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Then I have compiled (0.7.3) it and tried to run according to this
manual:
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd
I stuck into this error:
$ sudo ./hostapd ~/hostapd-minimal.conf
Configuration file: /home/user/hostapd-minimal.conf
Could not set interface mon.wlan0 flags: No such file or directory
nl80211: Failed to set interface wlan0 into AP mode
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=4 eloop_data=0xb670d0 user_data=0xb67790
handler=0x42b750
ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=6 eloop_data=0xb69cb0 user_data=(nil)
handler=0x434460
The content of hostapd-minimal.conf is:
#change wlan0 to your wireless device
interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
ssid=test
channel=1
Ubuntu 10.04 kernel 3.0.0-15-generic #26~lucid1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 25
15:37:10 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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