How to use the mode master with the ath5k driver?

Question

In this page, they says that we can use the AP mode with the ath5k driver since linux 2.6.31

I am using Ubuntu Karmic with : linux 2.6.31-16-generic

I would like to share my eth0 WAN connection creating a wlan0 LAN. Browsing on the Internet, I saw that we can use hostapd to do that.

The main problem is this command :

$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

How can I make my AP mode working with Karmic ?

sybreon · Answer 1 · 2009-12-05 09:21:05Z

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HostAP is quite particular about the combination of cards and drivers that it can support. Have you tried it with the madwifi drivers instead?

answered Dec 5 '09 at 9:21

sybreon
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