[Voyage-linux] hostapd 0.7.3 on voyage doesn't support madiwif.

[Pablo Escobar]

2011/3/13 Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa <ildefonso.camargo at gmail.com>

> Resending to list.... forgot to hit "reply to all"...
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> From: Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa <ildefonso.camargo at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 10:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] hostapd 0.7.3 on voyage doesn't support
> madiwif.
> To: Punky <punkytse at gmail.com>
>
>
> Hi!
>
> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Punky <punkytse at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Ildefonso,
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa
> >> I was wondering: why hostapd 0.7.3 on voyage doesn't support madwifi?
> >> Is there a particular reason?
> >
> > Where did you read that?
>
> Nowhere, I just tried! It says that "madwifi" driver is not valid (or
> something like that).  Reading through Debian changelogs, I now know
> it was removed from Debian:
>
>
> http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/h/hostapd/hostapd_0.7.3-2/changelog
>
> On 0.7.2-2:
>
>   * disable madwifi driver
>     - remove debian/driver_madwifi
>     - disable madwifi driver in debian/config/linux
>
>  -- Jan Dittberner <jandd at debian.org>  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:09:08 +0200
>
> Now, the thing is: the reason: what is the reason behind this? but I
> guess it would be a question for Debian mailing list.  Nevertheless,
> voyage 0.7.0 README file assumes madwifi support is there on the
> included hostapd.conf example.
>

I am trying my atheros card in voyage 0.7 with the hostapd.conf config file
which was working in voyage 0.6 and I have also found this problem:

root at voyage:~# hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Line 2: invalid/unknown driver 'madwifi'
1 errors found in configuration file '/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf'


>
> I switched to ath5k driver (from madwifi), and it looks ok.
>
> Ildefonso.
>

How have you done that? I tried to edit hostapd.conf driver line with
driver=ath5k and I get this error:

root at voyage:~# hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Line 2: invalid/unknown driver 'ath5k'
1 errors found in configuration file '/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf'


¿could you explain which is the process to switch from madwifi to ath5k?
¿there is no possibility to use hostapd with madwifi?




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