Has anybody successfully set up a wireless hotspot using LMDE 2?
I'm have an Internet connection via router and ethernet and tried the option under networking to create a wireless hotspot. It comes up with an SSID, WEP, and security key but none of my mobile devices can detect the hotspot.
My wireless card is on, but I'm not using the wireless connection.
Is there anything else I need to configure to get this working? Can I check my wireless card to see if this function is supported?
wireless hotspot
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wireless hotspot
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Re: wireless hotspot
Your interface may not support master mode. To check this, run to get your wireless interface name (INT_NAME). Then run If you get any errors, then your card does not support it. You would need to get a card that does support master mode to get things working the way you'd like. Now, if your card does support master mode then try this: raise the interface to activate the radio with
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iwconfig
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sudo iwconfig INT_NAME mode master
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ifconfig *INT_NAME* up
Re: wireless hotspot
Also, if you're using a mac80211 based driver, then that method for checking master mode will not work. To check this, run the following if it's a PCI adapter Or this if it's a USB adapter You should see something about a network controller. If your interface is using a mac80211 driver, do the following to check for master mode then If you do not see master mode in that list then your card does not support hotspot functionality.
[I would have added this to my first post, but it needed mod approval.]
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sudo lspci
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lsusb
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sudo aptitude install iw
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iw list
[I would have added this to my first post, but it needed mod approval.]
Re: wireless hotspot
Actually, my wifi interface doesn't respond positively to the Master Mode test:
But I am still able to set up an AP.
I can connect my devices, but I'm still working on how to get the bridge between the wifi interface I use for the Access Point (wlan0) and the wifi that receives the connection (wlan1) to work. So I don't have a shared internet connection yet...
My chipset is:
I am using hostapd to set up the access point.
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sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
I can connect my devices, but I'm still working on how to get the bridge between the wifi interface I use for the Access Point (wlan0) and the wifi that receives the connection (wlan1) to work. So I don't have a shared internet connection yet...
My chipset is:
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01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev 73)