iwn wi-fi and hostap

[Adrian Chadd]

Hi!

I don't think the iwn driver in FreeBSD supports hostapd operation.
And it's only supported by some of the iwn NIC firmware, not all of
them.

sorry :(


-a


On 22 November 2014 at 02:53, Anders Jensen-Waud <anders at jensenwaud.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to set up an older IBM laptop as a wireless access point.
> FreeBSD 10.1 (amd64) correctly identifies the wireless card:
>
> iwn0 at pci0:3:0:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x11118086 chip=0x42308086
> rev=0x61 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = 'PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection'
>     class      = network
>
> In trying to set it up with hostap, I get the following error:
>
> root at beastie> ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev iwn0 wlanmode hostap bssid
> authmode open ssid bsdwifi
> ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Operation not supported
>
> Is there some method of configuring iwn so that it can function as an
> access point?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Anders
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