Access Point

[metasansana]

Hello everyone,

I'm working on a personal project using ubuntu server 10.4 and an old wireless card. (Don't know the manufacturer). I'm trying to make the card visible to other wireless devices like an access point. Anyone know how this is done?

I tried using

iwconfig wlan0 mode master

but what I kept getting was

SET failed on device wlan0; Invalid argument

[metasansana]

Ok well I realized my wireless card probably doesn't support master mode or maybe the drivers. Is there a specific driver that is best suited for these things?

[Computerphile]

You might want to try

lsmod

to find out more information about the wireless card (and post output here so we might be more helpful).

[metasansana]

Ok here is the output from lsmod

Module Size Used by
snd_hda_codec_realtek 278890 1
fbcon 39270 71
tileblit 2487 1 fbcon
font 8053 1 fbcon
bitblit 5811 1 fbcon
softcursor 1565 1 bitblit
vga16fb 12757 0
vgastate 9857 1 vga16fb
arc4 1473 2
snd_hda_intel 25645 0
snd_hda_codec 85663 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
nouveau 515131 1
snd_hwdep 6778 1 snd_hda_codec
rtl8180 30337 0
snd_pcm 87216 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
ttm 60815 1 nouveau
snd_timer 23521 1 snd_pcm
snd 70818 6 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
drm_kms_helper 30710 1 nouveau
soundcore 8052 1 snd
mac80211 238064 1 rtl8180
drm 198226 3 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
snd_page_alloc 8500 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
eeprom_93cx6 1765 1 rtl8180
i2c_nforce2 6099 0
i2c_algo_bit 6024 1 nouveau
cfg80211 148386 2 rtl8180,mac80211
k8temp 3912 0
edac_core 45423 0
edac_mce_amd 9214 0
ppdev 6375 0
lp 9336 0
parport_pc 29958 1
parport 37160 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
floppy 63156 0
sata_via 9389 0
sata_nv 23778 6
forcedeth 55592 0
pata_amd 11962 0

[metasansana]

Any takers?

[celthunder]

Not sure if this helps but it has a starting point at least.
http://fixunix.com/slackware/125569-rtl8180-wap-slackware-12-a.html