[Voyage-linux] ath5k

Laili Aidi (spam-protected)
Wed Sep 28 03:21:15 HKT 2011 

Hej,

I read the posting in http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.voyage.general/5543/match=master+hostapd and noticed the problem it's in /etc/network/interfaces,
i remove this line
up iwconfig wlan0 essid Bytewalla-Voyage4 mode Master
and change it become
hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.wlan0.conf or
hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf (doesn't matter, adjust it in
hostapd file
)
and the line
auto wlan0
is also should not appear there.
 I can't make it run with that lines.
M
aybe the Voyage README file, "part
3.1 Network Interface"
should be changed?

This my configuration:
root at voyage:~#vi /etc/network/interfaces
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# mac80211-based drivers
iface wlan0 inet static
        address 192.168.3.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        broadcast 192.168.3.255
        hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf

root at voyage:~#
vi /etc/default/hostapd
DAEMON_CONF="/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf"
DAEMON_OPTS="-dd"
RUN_DAEMON="yes"

Before when I did
/etc/init.d/hostapd restart, nothing happen, after it is changed, then it shows something normal like this:
root at voyage:~# /etc/init.d/hostapd restart
Stopping advanced IEEE 802.11 management: hostapd.
Starting advanced IEEE 802.11 management: hostapd.

The rest procedure is same, and the AP is up with master mode. Thanks a bunch for
Artie for correcting the network restart part, and I'm sorry for this trivia question.

Aidi


On 26 sep 2011, at 21.37, Laili Aidi wrote:

Dear ag,

Thank you for correcting.
I've followed that and rechecked the configuration again, but the wlan interface is still in the managed mode

Aidi


On 26 sep 2011, at 21.15, Artie Gold wrote:

When you went to restart the network you used the wrong command. You wanted:

/etc/init.d/networking restart

That explains both the errors you saw and the fact that nothing had changed.

Cheers,
--ag

2011/9/26 Laili Aidi <aidi at kth.se<mailto:aidi at kth.se>>
Sorry, the essid is as below:
root at voyage:~# vi /etc/network/interfaces
# Used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8). See the interfaces(5) manpage or
# /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples for more information.
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

# mac80211-based drivers
#auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
        address 192.168.6.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        broadcast 192.168.6.255
        up iwconfig wlan0 essid Voyage4 mode Master

On 26 sep 2011, at 20.39, Laili Aidi wrote:

Hej,

Not sure if have to start new thread, but I also have trouble set up AP with master mode in Voyage 0.7.5. I've configured one in Voyage 0.7.0 following what's in README file and it's running well, but when I try with Voyage 0.7.5 with the same procedure, I can't see my AP running. I still can't find any idea what's missing or something wrong. This is the procedure and configuration that I've done.
root at voyage:~# vi /etc/network/interfaces
# Used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8). See the interfaces(5) manpage or
# /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples for more information.
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

# mac80211-based drivers
#auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
        address 192.168.6.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        broadcast 192.168.6.255
        up iwconfig wlan0 essid Bytewalla-Voyage4 mode Master


root at voyage:~#vi /etc/default/hostapd
UN_DAEMON="yes"

root at voyage:~#vi /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
logger_syslog=-1
logger_syslog_level=2
logger_stdout=-1
logger_stdout_level=2
debug=4
dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump
ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
ctrl_interface_group=0
channel=6
macaddr_acl=0
auth_algs=3
eapol_key_index_workaround=0
eap_server=0
wpa=3
ssid=Voyage4
wpa_passphrase=Voyage4
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
eapol_version=1

root at voyage:~#vi /etc/dnsmasq.more.conf
dhcp-range=wlan0,192.168.6.35,192.168.6.50,24h
dhcp-leasefile=/var/tmp/dnsmasq.leases

root at voyage:~#/etc/init.d/hostapd restart
root at voyage:~#/etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart
root at voyage:/etc/hostapd# /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart
Restarting DNS forwarder and DHCP server: dnsmasq.

But When I do /etc/network/interfaces restart, it shows this error:
root at voyage:~#/etc/network/interfaces restart
 root at voyage:/etc/hostapd# /etc/network/interfaces restart
/etc/network/interfaces: line 3: auto: command not found
/etc/network/interfaces: line 4: iface: command not found
/etc/network/interfaces: line 6: auto: command not found
/etc/network/interfaces: line 7: iface: command not found
/etc/network/interfaces: line 28: iface: command not found
/etc/network/interfaces: line 29: address: command not found
/etc/network/interfaces: line 30: netmask: command not found
/etc/network/interfaces: line 31: broadcast: command not found
/etc/network/interfaces: line 32: up: command not found

and in iwconfig, it still say may wlan0 is in "Managed" mode, even I have configured it as "Master"
root at voyage:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.
eth0      no wireless extensions.
eth1      no wireless extensions.
eth2      no wireless extensions.
wlan0     IEEE 802.11abg  ESSID:"Voyage4"
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

I would helpful for any clue about this.

Aidi

On 26 sep 2011, at 03.27, Kim-man 'Punky' TSE wrote:

Hi ag,

What does it break?  I used it everyday and my customer were using it without problems.

On 9/26/2011 4:48 AM, Artie Gold wrote:
The ath5k driver works pretty well for an access point on voyage 7.0 (2.6.32 kernel), with a couple of known bugs that don't seem to cause much trouble in terms of functionality. In voyage 7.5 (2.6.38) it appears to be significantly broken.

Is there a sweet spot somewhere in between? (a better kernel/module combination) ...

Thanks!
--ag

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