![]() 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc.It always remained “Auto” or “Managed” (checked via iwconfig). The drivers that I tried were rt2800usb (which allowed the adapter to come into Master mode), and rt2870sta which didn’t allow the adapter to come into “Master” mode. In Ubuntu 10.10, though the drivers were working, but the connection was highly unstable – in fact unusable. ![]() ![]() Till Ubuntu 10.04, there were no good drivers for use with hostapd (supporting mac80211 / nl80211). The process is fairly simple, but requires you to have a compatible set of drivers which allow a wifi lan card to come into “Master” mode. If you have a wifi LAN card / USB adapter, then you can use it as an access point so that other machines can connect to the internet via your machine using Wifi.
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