Hostapd can't open wlan0 interface

dhiraj.2.bhuyan at bt.com dhiraj.2.bhuyan
Wed Mar 19 01:50:39 PST 2003


you have to compile with

EXTRA_CFLAGS="-DPRISM2_DOWNLOAD_SUPPORT -DPRISM2_HOSTAPD"

instead of EXTRA_FLAGS="...."

dhiraj

-----Original Message-----
From: John Hampton [mailto:pacopablo at pdxlug.org]
Sent: 19 March 2003 04:52
To: hostap at shmoo.com
Subject: Hostapd can't open wlan0 interface


Hello all,

I compiled the hostap_plx driver (2002-10-12) with
EXTRA_FLAGS="-DPRISM at _DOWNLOAD_SUPPORT -DPRISM2_HOSTAPD" and every thing
went great.  I did a make install_plx and them modprobed the hostap_plx
module and it loaded with no complaint.  I then compiled hostapd and the
compile went fine, but when i try to run hostapd (hostapd wlan0) it says:
ioctl(SIOCGIFINDEX): No such device
ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device

I'm kind of baffled.  iwconfig reports that wlan0 exists, I can assign
wlan0 an IP via ifconfig, and I can load the updated firmware into RAM
with no complaints.  Can anyone shed some light into my problem?  I'm
using a Linksys WDT11 coupled with a WPC11.  Thanks.

-John


_______________________________________________
HostAP mailing list
HostAP at shmoo.com
http://lists.shmoo.com/mailman/listinfo/hostap




More information about the Hostap mailing list