Perhaps this will be a good read for you:
http://wiki.tldp.org/KrastyoKomsalov
The important thing to check is whether your wireless card can run as an Access Point at all. The following text is taken from the above URL:
Code:
... you will have to investigate further in order to be sure it supports AP mode.
To accomplish this you will need the “iw” command. You probably have it already,
but for the source and some documentation go to: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/iw
The most informative sintax is:
iw list
It will give you a pretty long output. In it look for the part that is similar to the following:
Supported interface modes:
* IBSS
* managed
* AP
* AP/VLAN
* monitor
* mesh point
Supported commands:
......
If there is a line “* AP” it is good news, you have the necessary AP support for hostapd.
Eric
