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Prism54 chipset USB Can't set it to Master mode

According to ths web site
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54
My USB Wireless device with prism54 chipset should work with AP Mode

Code:

root@fit-desktop:/home/fit# iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.



eth0      no wireless extensions.



eth1      no wireless extensions.



pan0      no wireless extensions.



wmaster0  no wireless extensions.



wlan5    IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""

          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated

          Tx-Power=27 dBm

          Retry min limit:7  RTS thr:off  Fragment thr=2352 B

          Encryption key:off

          Power Management:off

          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0

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

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



root@fit-desktop:/home/fit# iwconfig wlan5 mode Master

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :

    SET failed on device wlan5 ; Invalid argument.

The Device is up and good and can do iwlist scan
only problem is I can't set it to Master mode

Am I missing something? Or there's something I don't know about this

Unless this is a rare circumstance, I didn't think that there were any USB wireless devices that were hostapd capable, or at least not yet. I think there were some Ralink devices that were close, however.

I went through the process of looking for AP capable USB devices a few months ago, and came to the conclusion that mini-pci/pci devices are the best solution.

Try setting up a name for your ESSID first, it's blank.