rc.conf - what's the right way to enable hostap mode?

Michael Proto mike at jellydonut.org
Thu Mar 5 07:07:09 PST 2009


On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Hugo Silva <hugo at barafranca.com> wrote:
> # ifconfig wlan1 create wlandev ath0 ; ifconfig wlan1 wlanmode hostap
> ifconfig: wlanmode: bad value
>
> # ifconfig wlan1 create wlandev ath0 wlanmode hostap
> (works)
>
> My question is how to properly achieve this in rc.conf: wlans_ath0="wlan0
> wlan1" creates the devices, but it seems impossible to set them to hostap
> operation later. (see the first example).
>
> Am I missing something?

/etc/rc.conf:
...
wlans_ath0="wlan0 wlan1"
create_args_wlan0="wlanmode ap"
create_args_wlan1="wlanmode ap"
...


-Proto


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