According to ths web site
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54
My USB Wireless device with prism54 chipset should work with AP Mode
Code:
root@fit-desktop:/home/fit# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 no wireless extensions.
pan0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan5 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
root@fit-desktop:/home/fit# iwconfig wlan5 mode Master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan5 ; Invalid argument.
The Device is up and good and can do iwlist scan
only problem is I can't set it to Master mode
Am I missing something? Or there's something I don't know about this
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