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The Sk
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 Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:23 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Setting up hostapd |
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Hello.
I'm trying to set up an access point on my ath5k card and have run into a problem
| Code: | # /etc/init.d/hostapd start
* Bringing up interface wlan0
* dhcp ...
* Running udhcpc ...
* start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/bin/busybox'
* ERROR: net.wlan0 failed to start
* ERROR: cannot start hostapd as net.wlan0 would not start
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The config files /etc/conf.d/net /etc/conf.d/dhcpd /etc/conf.d/dhcpd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf /etc/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf look fine according to some googling. I think the problem lies in the init scripts.
Can someone help me out. I would paste the script but don't know how to copy whole file contents to the clipboard.
Running busybox udhcpc gives:
| Code: | # busybox udhcpc
udhcpc (v1.19.3) started
Sending discover...
Sending discover...
Sending discover...
Sending discover...
Sending discover...
Sending discover... |
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gerdesj
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:57 am Post subject: Re: Setting up hostapd |
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| The Sk wrote: | Hello.
The config files /etc/conf.d/net /etc/conf.d/dhcpd /etc/conf.d/dhcpd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf /etc/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf look fine according to some googling. I think the problem lies in the init scripts.
Can someone help me out. I would paste the script but don't know how to copy whole file contents to the clipboard.
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Not much to go on! We need more information. Try using xsel or this: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/access-x-window-system-clipboard-command-line-xclip. I found xsel is installed already on my laptop so that might be the better choice.
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$xsel < /etc/conf.d/net
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Then use your mouse's middle button to paste it into the forum posting. If your mouse doesn't have a middle button then click both left and right simultaneously.
Cheers
Jon |
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The Sk
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:42 am Post subject: |
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/etc/conf.d/net
| Code: | # This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.*
# scripts in /etc/init.d. To create a more complete configuration,
# please review /usr/share/doc/openrc*/net.example* and save your configuration
# in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!).
dns_domain_lo="castle"
modules_wlan0="!iwconfig !wpa_supplicant"
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
config_wlan0="dhcp"
mode_wlan0="ad-hoc"
essid_wlan0="ATT5x7"
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/etc/conf.d/dhcpd
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# /etc/conf.d/dhcpd: config file for /etc/init.d/dhcpd
# If you require more than one instance of dhcpd you can create symbolic
# links to dhcpd service like so
# cd /etc/init.d
# ln -s dhcpd dhcpd.foo
# cd ../conf.d
# cp dhcpd dhcpd.foo
# Now you can edit dhcpd.foo and specify a different configuration file.
# You'll also need to specify a pidfile in that dhcpd.conf file.
#See the pid-file-name option in the dhcpd.conf man page for details.
# If you wish to run dhcpd in a chroot, uncomment the following line
# DHCPD_CHROOT="/var/lib/dhcp/chroot"
# All file paths below are relative to the chroot.
# You can specify a different chroot directory but MAKE SURE it's empty.
# Specify a configuration file - the default is /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
# DHCPD_CONF="/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf"
# Configure which interface or interfaces to for dhcpd to listen on.
# List all interfaces space separated. If this is not specified then
# we listen on all interfaces.
DHCPD_IFACE="wlan0"
# Insert any other dhcpd options - see the man page for a full list.
# DHCPD_OPTS="" |
I can't spot anything on net.wlan0 either. |
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The Sk
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Starting /etc/init.d/dhcpd separately solved the problem. Thanks |
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