[Madwifi-devel] ioct error while creating several VAPs in ap mode

[Leo]

Dear Friends,

I have got an error when using Madwifi to create several VAPs.

I create two VAPs imitating the user guide's code

wlanconfig ath create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap

After creating two VAPs, it comes to the error

wlanconfig: ioctl: Input/output error

I have read about some docs said that in one physical device there should only
be one station mode VAP. But In my scenario, I just want to create more than 2
VAPs in AP mode.

I was using an old version kernel 2.6.24-26-generic as the project is based on
an old version linux. And the madwifi version is svn r4126 branch madiwifi-
hal-0.10.5.6

Any suggestions or solutions?

Thanks!

Leo

[Pavel Roskin]

On Fri, 2 Aug 2013 09:38:06 +0000 (UTC)

Post by Leo
Dear Friends,
I have got an error when using Madwifi to create several VAPs.
I create two VAPs imitating the user guide's code
wlanconfig ath create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap
After creating two VAPs, it comes to the error
wlanconfig: ioctl: Input/output error
I have read about some docs said that in one physical device there
should only be one station mode VAP. But In my scenario, I just want
to create more than 2 VAPs in AP mode.

Try removing the station VAP. You may want to use the autocreate
parameter to avoid creating it. Also look at the maxvaps parameter.
Try setting it to 8.

Post by Leo
I was using an old version kernel 2.6.24-26-generic as the project is
based on an old version linux. And the madwifi version is svn r4126
branch madiwifi- hal-0.10.5.6
Any suggestions or solutions?

If possible, use the trunk. It was somewhat better maintained in the
past, although MadWifi is not really maintained now.