From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 23 01:29:18 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A1EAA37 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 01:29:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x235.google.com (mail-wi0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA1F3DDA for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 01:29:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f181.google.com with SMTP id r20so2649468wiv.2 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:29:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=SnAJmO76dlGodrBcW1OKCKtsavyrTDJvqMTSvZgae6w=; b=ghjqjloT8vU3Es+vT1KUumm4MtqbZTiH/uiupn77wJOjBifzLccEFVswhEDRiMZRyJ R4DEwEYAp8CoqRP62NxLvyXQmDpbr/Ivittr3IMgPPp4B1+2x40uWfnUTX1RkM/68t0r CbPKrFBsCZLtCuQZ0NPQV/ryxATZHA1e1nJJ1qEEnPrg84lwOSVuVg3pVzMLMkNvJOoe +N1lUftyrD3yQq4qwn7YVEQHJ2bZsBvgmbVLL3mD+JYjUCuuiQ2TWEFjBCjy6WCbcDqG OPQZNKnrEr5NkBIyUu16mYS1gTA1qjyCCrRDZh5UyfmJY+zPrB43bTA7Jj8E32xCFZfM f9Nw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.83.98 with SMTP id p2mr9440268wiy.20.1416706155949; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:29:15 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.106.136 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:29:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:29:15 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: wFfr8W5ch7W1k3Jz5dIcBtOu7Gk Message-ID: Subject: Re: iwn wi-fi and hostap From: Adrian Chadd To: Anders Jensen-Waud Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 01:29:18 -0000 Hi! I don't think the iwn driver in FreeBSD supports hostapd operation. And it's only supported by some of the iwn NIC firmware, not all of them. sorry :( -a On 22 November 2014 at 02:53, Anders Jensen-Waud wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to set up an older IBM laptop as a wireless access point. > FreeBSD 10.1 (amd64) correctly identifies the wireless card: > > iwn0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x11118086 chip=0x42308086 > rev=0x61 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = 'PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection' > class = network > > In trying to set it up with hostap, I get the following error: > > root@beastie> ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev iwn0 wlanmode hostap bssid > authmode open ssid bsdwifi > ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Operation not supported > > Is there some method of configuring iwn so that it can function as an > access point? > > Thanks, > > Anders > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"