Hi,
I am new to opensuse,using 13.2 with KDE 4.14.I am using wired LAN connection for it.Now I want to make the laptop as wifi hotspot for my android 4.4.2 phone.I have tried in many ways like hostapd,networkManager etc. but no result at all.
Can anyone help me with this problem?
Whenever youâve tried something (like hostapd) and failed, you need to describe in detail what youâve attempted step by step.
Then, you should post any errors exactly if you encounter any or describe how you attempted something (like configure your Android) and your failed result.
TSU
I have followed the procedure given in the link Hostapd : The Linux Way to create Virtual Wifi Access Point | Foo, Bar and Foobar but after giving
sudo hostapd ~/hostapd-test.conf
gives me the following error:
Configuration file: /root/hostapd-test.conf
Could not read interface wlan0 flags: No such device
nl80211: Driver does not support authentication/association or connect commands
Could not read interface wlan0 flags: No such device
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasnât started
I didnât get any clue to solve it
It seems like a bizarre requirement but I guess there must be some strange situation that means the internet available to your laptop isnât also available to your phone?
I seem to recall seeing something like this last time I booted up a gnome install of openSUSE
caf4926
It happens. For instance, you may have only a wired connection available and no easy way to connect your phone except by WiFi or Bluetooh, particularly if youâre trying to avoid wireless carrier data usage.
saptarshi1994
Nowadays, traditional interface names like âwlan0â are not used anymore, replaced by hardware-descriptive interface names.
To discover what your wireless interface name is run
ip addr
Substitute the proper interface name (from the above command) for âwlan0â in your ~/hostapd-test.conf file. According to the guide youâre following, after the test verifies a correct configuration you should make the same adjustment in your /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf file.
HTH,
TSU
I have given
ip addr
and the o/p is-
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: wlp5s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DORMANT group default qlen 1000
link/ether b8:ee:65:ca:20:c3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: enp1s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether c4:54:44:5a:20:f2 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 172.27.11.30/24 brd 172.27.11.255 scope global enp1s0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::c654:44ff:fe5a:20f2/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
and
iwconfig
gives
lo no wireless extensions.
enp1s0 no wireless extensions.
wlp5s0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=200 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
So I replaced wlan0 with wlp5s0 and ran
sudo hostapd ~/hostapd-test.conf
and gives the following error
Configuration file: /root/hostapd-test.conf
Could not read interface wl5so flags: No such device
nl80211: Driver does not support authentication/association or connect commands
Could not read interface wl5so flags: No such device
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wl5so wasn't started
ip addr
wlp5s0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any
Error:
Could not read interface wl5so flags: No such device
Add the right Name of the Inteface.
If Saurlandâs post wasnât entirely clear, you have a typo, missing a âpâ in your interface name.
TSU
You also have an âoâ in place of an"0".
I have typo mistake,so I replaced wlp5so with wlp5s0 but got this o/p
Configuration file: /home/saptarshi/hostapd-test.conf
nl80211: Could not configure driver mode
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlp5s0 wasn't started