Re: problems making an access point w/current

Randy Bush <randy_at_psg.com> writes:
> ifconfig_wlan0="channel 11 ssid rgnet-aden wep wepkey thirteenchars weptxkey 1 mediaopt hostap up"
> [...]
> # ifconfig wlan0
> wlan0:
> flags=8d43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
> metric 0 mtu 1500
>         ether 00:0b:6b:83:59:25
>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
>         status: no carrier
>         ssid rgnet-aden channel 11 (2462 Mhz 11g)
>         country US ecm authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 1 wepkey 1:104-bit
>         txpower 19 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250
>         roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst ff dturbo bintval 0

Note that it says "autoselect" instead of "hostap".  AFAIK, you have to
specify a media and a mode before you specify a mediaopt.  Try "media
autoselect mode 11g mediaopt hostap" instead of just "mediaopt hostap".

DES
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