https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=379586
User hschaa@novell.com added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=379586#c5
Helmut Schaa
The attached patch, changes the previous patch to set the ap only when the user has specified a value for the WIRELESS_AP variable. Further, I've added a note to the ifcfg.template file, that it is required by the mac80211 based drivers to set it to 'any' or an specific ap address.
Hmm, what about checking the wireless-mode and run "run_iw_tool config ap" only if the card is not configured in master mode? In master mode the AP-setting should not be used anyway.
This means, the behavior is as before by default. For mac80211 drivers (bug 329280), a manual intervention is required.
That will cause problems with lots of drivers depending on the new stack in 11.0 (for example iwl3945, iwl4956, ath5k, rt2x00 and p54). Therefore I guess this approach is not feasible.
Another way to handle both cases would be to add support for the 'ap' ('ap any') option to at least the madwifi driver as described by the iwconfig manual page (the driver reports invalid argument).
madwifi is not shipped with OpenSUSE due to legal issues. Packages are provided on the madwifi-homepage. I don't think an update to madwifi is reasonable. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.