Wireless USB adapter in Master Mode

mykstar · 05-16-2008, 06:20 AM

Hi all,

Im running a micro ITX Linux server and need a Wireless USB device which runs in Master Mode. I have a Belkin F5D7050B USB stick and a Dlink 140 USB Stick but will not want to work in master mode. I have tried the rt2x00 drivers but they do not seem to support AP/ master mode. Anyone got a USB device working in master mode ??

Cheers,

rodneythellama · 01-03-2011, 02:16 AM

5 years later... I have a Belkin F5D7050B USB stick and just got it to run in master mode with the rt2x00usb driver and hostapd. I found the instructions at linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd. I'm running debian unstable.

/etc/network/interfaces

Code:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
    hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd-test.conf
    address 192.168.4.14
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    up iptables -I INPUT 1 -s 192.168.4.15 -j ACCEPT
    up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
    up iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT
    up iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -s 192.168.4.0/24
    down iptables -t nat -F POSTROUTING

/etc/hostapd/hostapd-test.conf

Code:

interface=wlan0
#bridge=br0
driver=nl80211

ssid=hostapd
hw_mode=g
channel=6

macaddr_acl=0
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
auth_algs=3
wep_key0=1122334455
wpa_group_rekey=0
# couldn't get wpa to work... resorting to wep

Fantastic work from the programmers and writer of the hostapd doc!