Broadcom drivers to enable master mode

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-04-25, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I'd like to add an access point to my home network for guests and
> Nintendo DS  - all I have to work with is a Broadcom based wifi card.
> I installed Hardy server on a  new box with that card in it and tried
> 'sudo iwconfig mode Master' and got an invalid argument error.  I
Hi man, you're missing something like interface name. It should be like this:
sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode Master

Jeffrey

> gather the drivers I'm currently using don't support master mode.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/MasterMode says only
>
>> Broadcom 43xx cards (bcm43xx.ko)
>
>> Broadcom cards support master mode using the reverse-engineered kernel driver. You need to enable (or make as a module) the Softmac wireless extensions and BCM43xx
>> wireless driver.
>
> So, anybody have any going links for instructions on figuring out
> which driver I'm using and how to change?
>
> Brian
>