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Hi i'm trying to set up an AP with an atheros (AR5212) network card using madwifi (0.9.2.1) in slackware 11.0
I'm using an kernel i compiled myself 2.6.18.3
And i can't get it to work.

I get an error "ath0: not found" when i run 'dhcpd ath0'.

what i done so far is i made an rc.firewall.

Code:

modprobe ip_tables

modprobe ip_conntrack

modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp

modprobe ipt_state

modprobe iptable_nat

modprobe ipt_MASQUERADE





echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward







iptables --flush





iptables --table nat --flush

iptables --delete-chain





iptables --table nat --delete-chain





iptables --table nat --append POSTROUTING --out-interface eth0 -j MASQUERADE

iptables --append FORWARD --in-interface ath0 -j ACCEPT

And i edited /etc/dhcpd.conf

Code:

# dhcpd.conf

#

# Configuration file for ISC dhcpd (see 'man dhcpd.conf')

#

ddns-update-style ad-hoc;

#ddns-update-style none;

subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0

{

range 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.254;

default-lease-time 720;

max-lease-time 86400;

option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;

option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;

option routers 192.168.1.254;

option domain-name-servers 195.54.122.199 , 195.54.122.204;  

}

I also put 'dhcpd ath0' in /etc/rc.local.
And made an /etc/modprobe.d/madwifi including 'options ath_pci autocreate=ap'

Then 'iwconfig ath0 essid MyNet channel 4 rate 54M'

Code:

iwconfig ath0

ath0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"MyNet"  Nickname:"mybox"

          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:0F:ED:F8:9E:69  

          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s  Tx-Power:16 dBm  Sensitivity=0/3  

          Retry:off  RTS thr:off  Fragment thr:off

          Encryption key:off

          Power Management:off

          Link Quality=0/94  Signal level=-95 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm

          Rx invalid nwid:1320  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0

          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0  Missed beacon:0

I don't know what i forgot or what i need to change.
But 'dhcpd ath0' won't work as i hoped.
And i want this to work before using hostapd for WPA2.