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

[Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa]

Hi!

Yeah... I think there is serious lack of support on this regard :( ....

ath5k uses the standard kernel call, so, just use: nl80211

Now, what I don't like is that ath5k doesn't seem to support changing
timeout parameters to create long distance links :( .... also, I don't
see an option to disable diversity.

Ildefonso.

On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Pablo Escobar <aztunwein at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2011/3/13 Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa <ildefonso.camargo at gmail.com>
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>> Resending to list.... forgot to hit "reply to all"...
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> 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>
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>> Hi!
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>> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Punky <punkytse at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Ildefonso,
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>> > 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?
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>> > Where did you read that?
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>> 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:
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>> http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/h/hostapd/hostapd_0.7.3-2/changelog
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>> On 0.7.2-2:
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>>   * disable madwifi driver
>>     - remove debian/driver_madwifi
>>     - disable madwifi driver in debian/config/linux
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>>  -- Jan Dittberner <jandd at debian.org>  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:09:08 +0200
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>> 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.
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> 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'
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>> I switched to ath5k driver (from madwifi), and it looks ok.
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>> Ildefonso.
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> 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'
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> ¿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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