From: Joerg Pommnitz <pommnitz@yahoo.com>
To: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org
Subject: [ath9k-devel] Ath9k - Newbie question
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:38:51 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20100412T113055-33@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: SNT140-w4733E24DBFF8A74C685757BD120@phx.gbl
Arun Govindan <arunz <at> hotmail.com> writes:
> 1. Why I can't bring up a card in AP mode without hostapd?
> Why hostapd is a must even while I'm not planning on using
> any authentication?
Because the required functionality is not part of the mac80211
kernel code.
See http://www.haifux.org/lectures/206/wirelessLec.pdf for more
information.
Regards
Joerg
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-12 9:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-10 6:54 [ath9k-devel] Ath9k - Newbie question Arun Govindan
2010-04-11 16:07 ` Pat Erley
2010-04-12 5:59 ` Arun Govindan
2010-04-12 9:38 ` Joerg Pommnitz [this message]
2010-04-11 16:39 ` Ben Gamari
2010-04-11 19:05 ` Rakesh Kumar
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