On Sep 3, 2013 7:01 AM, "Anubhav Yadav" <anub...@icoer.in> wrote: > > On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 10:33 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > > > I suspect this is coming from line 253 (ifconfig "mon.$INTERFACE_WLAN" > > down). I believe that the "." has a special meaning in interface names > > inasmuch as it indicates a VLAN (virtual LAN) device. So "mon.wlan0" > > would be the VLAN "wlan0" running over physical interface "mon". Now, as > > VLAN IDs can only be numeric and I don't think you've got a "mon" > > interface, that's why it's failing. > > > > I *also* can't find any other mention of "mon." in that file. It's > > possible one of the commands it calls creates such an interface (I'm not > > familiar with hostapd or dnsmasq), so check how they work first. But you > > might get away with just commenting out line 253 :) > > I commented out the line, the error won't come, but still the hotspot is > not detected on my mobile! > > > > > > Any help will be appreciated. > > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > Anubhav Yadav, > > > Computer Engineering Final Year Student, > > > Imperial College of Engineering and Research, > > > Pune. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1378102804.7954.3.camel@Innovator > > > > > -- > Regards, > Anubhav Yadav, > Computer Engineering Final Year Student, > Imperial College of Engineering and Research, > Pune. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1378179642.5206.1.camel@Innovator >
Hello May I suggest trying to google for "using debian as an ad-hoc" wifi / hotspot / whatever you want to call it, since it may just be easier to do that rather than porting/debugging that script? I was able to find quite a few guides, even on wiki.debian.org. Good luck! -- Sent from my Brick (TM)
