I'm currently trying to share a wireless network from arch-linux. There is a button in the network settings that should allow me to do it:
I hit the "Turn On" button as that's exactly what I'm looking for!
But in the terminal with the following command:
$ sudo journalctl -xef
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch NetworkManager[477]: <info> [1478176793.8790] audit: op="connection-add-activate" pid=12673 uid=1000 result="fail" reason="A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given."
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch NetworkManager[477]: <info> [1478176793.8928] audit: op="connection-add-activate" pid=12673 uid=1000 result="fail" reason="A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given."
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch NetworkManager[477]: <info> [1478176793.8967] audit: op="connection-add-activate" pid=12673 uid=1000 result="fail" reason="A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given."
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch NetworkManager[477]: <info> [1478176793.9001] audit: op="connection-add-activate" pid=12673 uid=1000 result="fail" reason="A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given."
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch NetworkManager[477]: <info> [1478176793.9011] audit: op="connection-add-activate" pid=12673 uid=1000 result="fail" reason="A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given."
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch NetworkManager[477]: <info> [1478176793.9019] audit: op="connection-add-activate" pid=12673 uid=1000 result="fail" reason="A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given."
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch NetworkManager[477]: <info> [1478176793.9029] audit: op="connection-add-activate" pid=12673 uid=1000 result="fail" reason="A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given."
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch NetworkManager[477]: <info> [1478176793.9037] audit: op="connection-add-activate" pid=12673 uid=1000 result="fail" reason="A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given."
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch NetworkManager[477]: <info> [1478176793.9046] audit: op="connection-add-activate" pid=12673 uid=1000 result="fail" reason="A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given."
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch gnome-control-c[12673]: Failed to add new connection: (2) A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given.
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch gnome-control-c[12673]: Failed to add new connection: (2) A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given.
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch NetworkManager[477]: <info> [1478176793.9055] audit: op="connection-add-activate" pid=12673 uid=1000 result="fail" reason="A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given."
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch gnome-control-c[12673]: Failed to add new connection: (2) A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given.
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch gnome-control-c[12673]: Failed to add new connection: (2) A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given.
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch gnome-control-c[12673]: Failed to add new connection: (2) A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given.
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch gnome-control-c[12673]: Failed to add new connection: (2) A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given.
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch gnome-control-c[12673]: Failed to add new connection: (2) A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given.
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch gnome-control-c[12673]: Failed to add new connection: (2) A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given.
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch gnome-control-c[12673]: Failed to add new connection: (2) A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given.
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch NetworkManager[477]: <info> [1478176793.9064] audit: op="connection-add-activate" pid=12673 uid=1000 result="fail" reason="A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given."
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch gnome-control-c[12673]: Failed to add new connection: (2) A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given.
Nov 03 08:39:53 zbookarch gnome-control-c[12673]: Failed to add new connection: (2) A 'wireless' setting with a valid SSID is required if no AP path was given.
There's some doc here and there I'm still reading, but I haven't found anything concerning this error yet other than the exact error message in some source code here:
https://github.com/lcp/NetworkManager/blob/master/src/nm-device-wifi.c#L1211
A friend tested on Fedora and it worked out of the box, he found an ESSID
setting that matches his created wifi here:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-Hotspot
But I don't have this path on Arch Linux.
there is this Software_access_point wiki page on arch that may contain some information on how to create a hotspot. I'll follow that later, but if someone has some information on the error, that'd be great :)
My network card should be compatible:
$ iw list
Wiphy phy0
...
Supported interface modes:
* IBSS
* managed
* AP
* AP/VLAN
* monitor
* P2P-client
* P2P-GO
* P2P-device
(Requires AP
)
$ lspci -k | grep -A 3 -i network
3d:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev 6b)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
iwlwifi
can be found in the following list:
| Driver | Manufacturer | cfg80211 | AP | IBSS | mesh | monitor | PHY modes | Buses |
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|----------|---------|------|------|---------|------------|--------------------------|
| iwlwifi | Intel | yes | yes (6) | yes | no | yes | A/B/G/N/AC | PCI-E |
It really looks like it supports AP.
first attempt
I tried using hotspotd
I created a python2.7 virtualenv and installed hotspotd==0.1.4
, then I installed hostapd and dnsmasq
.
$ sudo pacman -S hostapd
$ mkvirtualenv -p $(which python27) hotspot
$ workon hotspot
$ pip install hotspotd==0.1.4
$ sudo hotspotd -h
usage: hotspotd [-h] [-v] {start,stop,configure}
A small daemon to create a wifi hotspot on linux
positional arguments:
{start,stop,configure}
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --verbose
$ sudo hotspotd configure
Verifying connections
Wifi interface found: wlp61s0
Network interface found: enp0s25:
Enter an IP address for your ap [192.168.45.1] :
Enter SSID [joe_ssid] :
Enter 10 digit password [1234567890] :
created hostapd configuration: run.conf
{'wlan': 'wlp61s0', 'SSID': 'joe_ssid', 'ip': '192.168.45.1', 'netmask': '255.255.255.0', 'password': '1234567890', 'inet': 'enp0s25:'}
Configuration saved
$ sudo hotspotd start -v
command: ps aux |grep hostapd |grep -v grep
Verifying interfaces
command: ifconfig
done.
created interface: mon.wlp61s0 on IP: 192.168.45.1
command: ifconfig wlp61s0 up 192.168.45.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
wait..
command: sleep 2
command: ps aux |grep dnsmasq |grep -v grep
command: ps aux |grep hostapd |grep -v grep
enabling forward in sysctl.
command: sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
creating NAT using iptables: wlp61s0<->enp0s25:
command: iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT
command: iptables --table nat --delete-chain
command: iptables --table nat -F
command: iptables --table nat -X
command: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o enp0s25: -j MASQUERADE
command: iptables -A FORWARD -i enp0s25: -o wlp61s0 -j ACCEPT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
command: iptables -A FORWARD -i wlp61s0 -o enp0s25: -j ACCEPT
command: iptables -A OUTPUT --out-interface wlp61s0 -j ACCEPT
command: iptables -A INPUT --in-interface wlp61s0 -j ACCEPT
running dnsmasq
command: dnsmasq --dhcp-authoritative --interface=wlp61s0 --dhcp-range=192.168.45.20,192.168.45.100,255.255.255.0,4h
running hostapd
wait..
command: sleep 2
command: hostapd -B /home/gableroux/.virtualenvs/hotspot/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hotspotd/run.conf
Configuration file: /home/gableroux/.virtualenvs/hotspot/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hotspotd/run.conf
Could not read interface wlan0 flags: No such device
nl80211: Driver does not support authentication/association or connect commands
nl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Could not read interface wlan0 flags: No such device
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->DISABLED
wlan0: AP-DISABLED
hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started
hotspot is running.
I don't know why that wlan0
is being used so I tried to edit /home/gableroux/.virtualenvs/hotspot/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hotspotd/run.conf
, replaced wlan0
with my deteceted wlp61s0
:
$ sudo hotspotd start -v
command: ps aux |grep hostapd |grep -v grep
Verifying interfaces
command: ifconfig
done.
created interface: mon.wlp61s0 on IP: 192.168.45.1
command: ifconfig wlp61s0 up 192.168.45.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
wait..
command: sleep 2
command: ps aux |grep dnsmasq |grep -v grep
command: ps aux |grep hostapd |grep -v grep
enabling forward in sysctl.
command: sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
creating NAT using iptables: wlp61s0<->enp0s25:
command: iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT
command: iptables --table nat --delete-chain
command: iptables --table nat -F
command: iptables --table nat -X
command: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o enp0s25: -j MASQUERADE
command: iptables -A FORWARD -i enp0s25: -o wlp61s0 -j ACCEPT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
command: iptables -A FORWARD -i wlp61s0 -o enp0s25: -j ACCEPT
command: iptables -A OUTPUT --out-interface wlp61s0 -j ACCEPT
command: iptables -A INPUT --in-interface wlp61s0 -j ACCEPT
running dnsmasq
command: dnsmasq --dhcp-authoritative --interface=wlp61s0 --dhcp-range=192.168.45.20,192.168.45.100,255.255.255.0,4h
running hostapd
wait..
command: sleep 2
command: hostapd -B /home/gableroux/.virtualenvs/hotspot/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hotspotd/run.conf
Configuration file: /home/gableroux/.virtualenvs/hotspot/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hotspotd/run.conf
nl80211: Could not configure driver mode
nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp61s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
wlp61s0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->DISABLED
wlp61s0: AP-DISABLED
hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlp61s0 wasn't started
hotspot is running.
Still no hotspot. I searched for that error
nl80211: Could not configure driver mode
I tried the recommanded command:
$ sudo iwconfig wlp61s0 mode master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlp61s0 ; Invalid argument.
Well well, sounds like it could be my network card after all.
That's definitely way easier on MacOS :/
Edit: I can no longer reproduce this problem since I moved to Fedora and things are mostly working out of the box now. Thanks for your help :)