how to create an AP with a BCM4313 wireless card?
Hello all,
First of all, happy 2013! At work I use a Dell Latitude E6420 laptop that has the following Wireless LAN Controller: Code:
# lspci -vnn I use this laptop on the wired network, but there are also some very weak wireless signals at the office I like to use for my phone and tablet, so I'd like to use the wireless adapter as an AP for my wifi gadgets. The guides I used were: http://www.slackwiki.com/Broadcom_Wireless and http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:net...s_access_point However, when I attempt to start hostapd, the following happens: Code:
root@cpc-7863:~# /etc/rc.d/rc.hostapd start Code:
root@cpc-7863:~# ifconfig Thanks in advance! |
Sorry. Reading comprehension failure.
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What version of hostapd are you using?
Did you turn up logging output in hostapd.conf to see what the logs are telling you? What do you have in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf for eth1? What are the contents of /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf? (Remove any password/passphrase information from the copy that you post here.) |
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@frankbell, I'm sorry I was unable to make myself clearer. I want to configure my notebook as an AP for my mobile devices when I'm connected to the internet on the wired (eth0) interface, but something has gone awry.
@Richard Cranium, logging output, I think so... /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf, all configs are empty /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf is attached (just remove the .txt extension). |
Before using too much time on this, see if your device actually supports the AP function.
Run as root this command (you vil get a lot of output) - look for Supported interface modes: Code:
iw phy phy0 info |
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@allend, thanks for the info!
@ml4711, apparently this laptop isn't very wireless friendly on Slackware. I see the WiFi led on, but wicd won't find any networks. Also, when I attempt either of the following commands: Code:
# iw list Code:
nl80211 not found. Thanks in advance, |
Did you install bw-fwcutter and bw-firmware in addition to the driver?
You can read about my struggles to get Broadcom working with Slack here. The replies I got may be helpful to you; they were to me. |
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because it obviously does not (yet?) use nl80211 (code written and compiled against nl80211.h). With this device you can only use the old tools iwconfig / iwlist. |
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iwconfig eth1 mode master? if that works, you don't need hostapd, just set the essid to something, turn on encryption and there you go? (otherwise you canactual use mode ad-hoc but haha that might be slow) |
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