Re: [Madwifi-users] Running in HostAP mode

[Greyhairweenie <mad...@ep...>]

On Wed, July 20, 2005 20:04, Linux781 said:
> Hi,
>
> How can I run my Atheros card in HostAP mode?
> I am using the latest madwifi-bsd driver.
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Akshay

The key is "iwconfig ath0 mode master" and using the bridge-utils "brctl"
command to bridge it to your wired card.

For whatever reasons, Matt Foster took down his very good Madwifi-FAQ and
replaced it with a redirect to the Madwifi WIKI, which does not include
all the material he had up, MASTER mode configuration being one key
missing point.
There's a cached copy at:
http://tux.aditel.org/tiki-view_cache.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mattfoster.clara.co.uk%2Fmadwifi-faq.htm&PHPSESSID=7f9fc2cfdd25e5af28d68a936e64cf98

Googling madwifi master mode turns up quite a bit of stuff, including an
article on setting up a D-Link DWL-G650 as an access point:
http://www.alphacore.net/spipen/article.php3?id_article=5

Dig around and you'll find stuff about setting it up as an SSL-based
tunnel, probably more secure than WPA even.

Good luck and HTH!