iwn wi-fi and hostap

[Anders Jensen-Waud]

 Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:

> 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 :(
>
>
No worries, thank you for the advise!

Would you be able to recommend a good USB wi-fi dongle, which I can
purchase for my device, which would enable it to act as a reliable access
point?



>
> -a
>
>
Anders

>
> 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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