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Hi Alex:
for your dongle rt1871x may be correct and expected to be different.
Look through the output for errors and warnings.I would expect that the command
lsusbconfirms that your dongle has a realtech „rt“ chip
You should try (if you are not already using it) the edimax dongle as it is supported by MAX2PLAY according the the change logs.
On a separate note:
What release of max2play are you starting with? Have your tried downloading the latest?No problemo get some sleep! I’m 5 hours behind you.
OK there’s a problem…mode „Managed“ is client not „Master“.
i’m guessing that hostapd is not able to set mode master for some reason.
stop hostapd and run manually…sudo /etc/init.d/hostapd stop sudo /usr/sbin/hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf -d | lessthis will display one page of the output at a time, you can use the <return> key to advance one
more line at a time, <space> key one page at time. These lines in my output show the interface
being set to mode „AP“ (access point)Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf nl80211: interface wlan0 in phy phy0 rfkill: initial event: idx=0 type=1 op=0 soft=0 hard=0 nl80211: Using driver-based off-channel TX nl80211: Register frame command failed (type=208): ret=-114 (Operation already in progress) nl80211: Register frame match - hexdump(len=2): 04 0a nl80211: Failed to register Action frame processing - ignore for now nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 3 nl80211: Set mode ifindex 3 iftype 3 (AP) <----- HERE nl80211: Create interface iftype 6 (MONITOR) . . . Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 00:0f:60:05:50:82 and ssid 'max2play' Deriving WPA PSK based on passphraseWhat does your output look like? Look at the output for problems/errors.
BTW: to exit the program type: q followed by ctrl-cSo everything looks good with info you sent. Do you have another wireless device to check for the accesspoint with? say a laptop?
It should be working.ALSO:
command:
iwconfiglook for „Mode:Master“ in wlan0
mon.wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn Mode:Monitor Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn Mode:Master Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions.Here’s something to try…using your previous recipe modified…to help debug the issue.
1. Burn a new image.
2. Expand it.
3. Update M2P.
4. Increase the USB current via the raspberry plug in (not really necessary yet)
5. Plug in the wifi dongle.
6. install wifi.
7. install access-point.
8. remove power and then remove all connections, except wifi dongle, then apply power.Wait a few minutes for the PI to boot then test the access point functionally:
1. on your IOS device, set-up -> wifi should show an available network with SSID „max2play“ (or whatever you set it to)
2. Try to connect to this network, if you get an error, „forget“ the network, and re-try (you will prompted for password in this case).
3. If connected, on the IOS device use safari or chrome and browse the PI at: http://192.168.189.1/ , you should see the max2play page.If you see the web page then access point is successfully installed.
Alex:
I found this recipe for setting up access point. I have not tried this myself. You could try if you wish.
Use the RT8188CUS dongle. I would recommend installing the minimum addons (not accesspoint of course), then running this.
Then test if the accesspoint is working.
1 you see the ssid
2 you can connect to the ssid
3 you can get access to the m2p webpage on the PIwget "http://raspberry-at-home.com/files/ap_setup.sh" chmod +x ap_setup.sh sudo ./ap_setup.shThe reference web site is:
http://raspberry-at-home.com/hotspot-wifi-access-point/`dmesg prints a time based log of system messages. The most recent messages are at the bottom of the file. You could for any errors/warning/info regarding hostapd or wireless authentication, etc, that might be useful. The stuff that flies by at the beginning are older messages.
An alternate command to try is:tail /var/log/messageswhich should print similar info. „tail“ prints the end of the the file.
tail -50 filenameprints the last 50 lines etc…tail -f filenamemonitors the file and dynamcially prints the end of the file as it grows.
Cntl-C to terminate. /var/log/messages is the file where system messages are logged.Hi Alex:
That is good news…sounds like you are there. With hostapd running on the PI, another wireless device you should now see the new wireless network with the SSID you setup in the form. You should then be able to connect to that new network, providing the password you had setup (default mypasscode).
For his new network the PI will provide IP addresses in the 192.168.189.X range, with the PI acting as a router at address 192.168.189.1 (by default). This network will be independent of your other networks unless you clear the „Standalone“ box and connect the hardwire ethernet. In that case the PI will route packets to your the other connected network. You WILL NOT see devices connected to the new wireless network, show up on your home router as clients, because they are on a subnetwork managed by the PI. Only the PI’s hardwire interface will be client on your home router’s network (which is what you see, I think). I hope this make sense.You will find max2play at: http://192.168.189.1
