Hi,

I'm trying to set up a ubuntu linux wireless access point at my house. I can get hostapd to serve up a "g" mode connection, but I cant get the access point to go into "n" mode. When I run hostapd tells me unknown hw_mode" 'n'. My hardware is using the ath9k driver. I've tried recompiling hostapd, however I can only successfully compile for the generic nl80211 drivers. I would like to try compiling for atheros or madwifi, however the complie fails because I don't have ieee80211_external.h installed on my system which both drivers require. I have searched the internet and can not find a source for the file. My experience with linux is limited. Should it be obvious where to find this header?

Thanks

Derrick

Welcome to LQ.

Looks like it should be an internal header in the source, you are using.
http://svn.dd-wrt.com:8000/browser/s...os.c?rev=17239
Line 37 : #include "os/linux/include/ieee80211_external.h"

Which source package are you trying to compile ?
A link, please. And which Linux OS ? Name and version, please.

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knudfl,

I used "apt-get install hostapd" to get hostapd-1.0 on Ubuntu 12.04. The source makes the file reference, however it appears to not be included in the source. I've seen a graphic on the internet that I can't seem to find now that locates the file in the following path os/linux/include/ieee80211_external.h. I am unable to find a package that contains the that header however. I've downloaded other versions of hostapd packages for ubuntu with the same results.

I've tried changing the reference to the standard ieee802011.h header file, however it does not have the correct information in it and the build still blows-up.

Thanks,

Derrick