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I've tried to create AP using this and tried to solve my problem 

$ iw list
nl80211 not found.

with this, but I still get error when I start make 

~/hostapd-2.0/hostapd$ make
../src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c:19:31: fatal error: netlink/genl/genl.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make: *** [../src/drivers/driver_nl80211.o] Error 1

Any ideas?

I have a Broadcom wireless card.

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In the link you posted it says:

if this fails with errors like:

driver_nl80211.c:21:31: warning: netlink/genl/genl.h: No such file or directory
driver_nl80211.c:22:33: warning: netlink/genl/family.h: No such file or directory
driver_nl80211.c:23:31: warning: netlink/genl/ctrl.h: No such file or directory
driver_nl80211.c:24:25: warning: netlink/msg.h: No such file or directory
driver_nl80211.c:25:26: warning: netlink/attr.h: No such file or directory



you need to install/update libnl-1.0pre8 (or later). If all goes well and the 
compilation finishes, try the minimal hostapd again, see the section Using your
distributions hostapd above for that.

So...

sudo apt-get install libnl1 libnl-dev

then run the build

I skimmed through this and I don't think your card will work for this

to be sure, run this:

lspci | grep -i network

If you have a Broadcom 43.... card this route won't work. See this

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  • THX, I didn't know what lib files exactly should I install. make now works, however I still cannot create hotspot, I got ~/hostap/hostapd$ ./hostapd ./hostapd-minimal.conf Configuration file: ./hostapd-minimal.conf nl80211: 'nl80211' generic netlink not found Failed to initialize driver 'nl80211'
    – tikend
    Feb 20, 2013 at 16:01
  • what is your reason for compiling this yourself?
    – phipsalabim
    Feb 20, 2013 at 16:17
  • I have hostapd installed as you said, but it doesn't work, so I tried the option in the second link I posted. with hostapd installed via apt-get I get $ hostapd ./hostapd-minimal.conf Configuration file: ./hostapd-minimal.conf nl80211: 'nl80211' generic netlink not found Failed to initialize driver 'nl80211' Segmentation fault (core dumped)
    – tikend
    Feb 20, 2013 at 16:57

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