The hostapd tag has no wiki summary.
7
votes
2answers
11k views
How do I create a non-adhoc wifi hotspot?
I wanted to use my desktop with a wired ethernet connection (eth0) to operate my "TP-LINK TL-WN722N" USB Wifi Adapter (wlan0) as a non-adhoc (infrastructure mode) access point for my Android to ...
7
votes
0answers
633 views
Hostapd Dropout
I have configured hostapd as an access point following several how-tos using ubuntu 12.04. Everything works well for up to several hours and then at some point hostapd no longer accepts new ...
5
votes
1answer
400 views
How to host an AP or a hotspot?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 as a virtual machine on my Mac. Since I am unable to get the virtual machine to have full access to my WiFi card, I bought another USB WiFi card to use.
This is my WiFi card.
...
2
votes
0answers
287 views
Set master mode on a realtek rtl8192ce
The supported interfaces of the network adapter include also AP. But when I try to set the card on Master Mode with iwconfig wlan0 mode Master, I get the following error:
Error for wireless ...
1
vote
1answer
1k views
Cannot create wireless AP
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
...
1
vote
1answer
493 views
Can not restart dnsmasq due to “ configuration syntax check [fail]”
I restart dnsmasq and get
$ sudo /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart
* Restarting DNS forwarder and DHCP server configuration syntax check [fail]
From where and how can I troubleshooting?
1
vote
1answer
162 views
How fix hostapd invalid/unknown driver 'nl80211' error?
I have Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000
I installed hostapd from Ubuntu Software Center
When I run this command hostapd hostapd-minimal.conf
I got this:
root@tarek-PC:~# hostapd hostapd-minimal.conf
...
1
vote
1answer
166 views
How to install/update libnl-1.0pre8 (or later)
I was trying to share my laptop's internet over wireless to use as wi-fi in my android phone. After googling for some time I am now stuck here:
...
1
vote
0answers
135 views
DMA: Out of SW-IOMMU space
I started to get these errors in dmesg which grinds my system to a halt:
[ 3429.303756] DMA: Out of SW-IOMMU space for 70 bytes at device 0000:02:00.0
[ 3429.358577] DMA: Out of SW-IOMMU space for ...
1
vote
1answer
208 views
libnl1.1-6 /netlink/genl/genl.h no such directory
I'm trying to compile hostapd, and for that it needs the headerfile genl.h which is supposed to be a part of the libnl1 library (I searched around, the best I got was a recommendation to update ...
1
vote
0answers
705 views
My laptop can not access internet after setup bridge with wired NIC and wireless NIC [closed]
I setup a bridge using wired NIC and wireless NIC in order to make wireless NIC as a Wi-Fi AP to share wired internet access, after setup successfully, the Wi-Fi AP works as my expectation, but my ...
1
vote
1answer
840 views
Is there a GUI app to setup and toggle hostapd?
Title says it all, I've tried wifi-hostapd-app but I always run into trouble while installing one of its dependencies, dnsmasq specifically. I read one of the workarounds is to disable Ubuntu's ...
1
vote
0answers
316 views
What purchasable wireless cards support master-mode/hostapd? [closed]
What I am looking for:
links to specific purchasable cards
(amazon, google shopping results, anything that will last)
There is a preference for N support
What I'm not looking for:
Your ...
0
votes
0answers
7 views
How to fix “Could not connect to kernel driver.” hostapd error?
Hi everyone I have a problem when I try to start hostapd
when I enter this command hostapd hostapd-minimal.conf I got this
Configuration file: hostapd-minimal.conf
Could not set channel for kernel ...
0
votes
0answers
38 views
ACPI Exception when using 802.11n with hostapd
I have an Ubuntu 12.04.2 server to share internet.
A wifi dongle is connected to it
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 148f:5372 Ralink Technology, Corp.
When I enable 802.11n support in hostapd with
...
0
votes
0answers
53 views
How set hostapd to start on boot?
I set my ubuntu laptop's hostapd using this tutorial, it works well,best method I've found but the problem is on reboot where the daemon will not start,the tutorial has the part on how to set the ...
0
votes
0answers
232 views
Wifi AP using hostapd problem
I have configured a wifi hotspot using this tutorial: How to setup a wi-fi hotspot (access point mode)?
It worked but then I wrote a script to automate things and while I tested it Network Manager ...
0
votes
0answers
54 views
Why am I unable to access certain addresses through my Ubuntu router?
I have an Ubuntu 12.04 server installation acting as a file-server, router, firewall and access point for my home network.
I'm running dnsmasq and hostapd.
The interfaces are:
eth0 217.210.x.x
...
0
votes
0answers
62 views
Restoring changes made via script
I have managed to activate Infrastructure Mode ( AP Mode ) in Ubuntu using hostapd and dhcp server.
#!/bin/bash
#Initial wifi interface configuration
ifconfig $1 up 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
...
0
votes
0answers
982 views
Hostapd to connect laptop to Android
I am trying to set up my laptop as an access point for my Android to use WiFi, so I knew that Ubuntu sets the network as Ad-Hoc which is not discoverable by android, so I tried the method explained ...
0
votes
0answers
220 views
Hostap related: using more than one WiFi card on a single host
I wish to check if I can increase wireless throughput by teaming more than one wireless card on a single Linux host under bridge interface. OR If I wish to use one Linux box and two wireless USB cards ...
