modprobe: Can't locate module wlan0ap

[bzhou at spectrumselect.com]

hostap runs good on my platform. I am using redhat 7.1 with kernel 2.4.20, compiled with wireless extension patch as V16.
I tried so many times to load up hostapd but it doesnt work. I always make pccard EXTRA_CFLAGS="-DPRISM_HOSTAPD", seems modprobe tried to load wlan0ap, but it failed. Anyone could give me a hint? Thanks.


hostapd]# ./hostapd wlan0
ioctl(SIOCGIFINDEX): No such device
ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device

cardctl ident
Socket 0:
  product info: "NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless PC", "Card", "ISL37300P", "Eval-RevA"
  manfid: 0x000b, 0x7300
  function: 6 (network)

iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.
 
eth0      no wireless extensions.
 
wlan0     IEEE 802.11-b  ESSID:"spectrumselect"  Nickname:"acc.localdomain"
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.417GHz  Access Point: 00:30:AB:17:03:DA
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Tx-Power:2 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:2  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
 
br0       no wireless extensions.


syslog:

Feb 25 16:07:56 acc kernel: hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wlan0
Feb 25 16:07:56 acc kernel: wlan0: NIC: id=0x800c v1.0.0
Feb 25 16:07:56 acc kernel: wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.0.7
Feb 25 16:07:56 acc kernel: wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v1.3.6
Feb 25 16:07:57 acc cardmgr[1880]: executing: './network start wlan0'
Feb 25 16:10:46 acc modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module wlan0ap
Feb 25 16:10:46 acc modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module wlan0ap
Feb 25 16:21:31 acc kernel: device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
Feb 25 16:21:31 acc kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering listening state
Feb 25 16:21:44 acc kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering disabled state
Feb 25 16:21:44 acc kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering listening state
Feb 25 16:21:59 acc kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering learning state
Feb 25 16:22:14 acc kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering forwarding state
Feb 25 16:22:14 acc kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering disabled state
Feb 25 16:22:15 acc kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering listening state
Feb 25 16:22:29 acc kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering learning state
Feb 25 16:22:44 acc kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering forwarding state
Feb 25 16:23:15 acc kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering disabled state
Feb 25 16:24:06 acc kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering listening state
Feb 25 16:24:21 acc kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering learning state
Feb 25 16:24:36 acc kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering forwarding state
Feb 25 16:27:09 acc dhcpd: Listening on Socket/wlan0/10.10.0.0
Feb 25 16:27:09 acc dhcpd: Sending on   Socket/wlan0/10.10.0.0