Recommend a wifi dongle for access point setup

[Wrechid]

ok, i'm trying to figure this out as hard as i can... this is what i have in /etc/network/interfaces, on a clean install of XBian with the lines you mentioned already added...

(16th Nov, 2013 12:46 AM)mk01 Wrote:  auto lo

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
wireless-power off
iface default inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.1.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
wireless-channel 1
wireless-essid MYCARXBIAN
wireless-mode ad-hoc

heres "ifconfig",

(16th Nov, 2013 12:46 AM)mk01 Wrote:  eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:27:eb:2b:1d:19
inet addr:192.168.2.215 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2305 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1174 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2337544 (2.2 MiB) TX bytes:130884 (127.8 KiB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 80:1f:02:34:30:f5
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

and when i restart the interface i get this,

(16th Nov, 2013 12:46 AM)mk01 Wrote:  root@xbian:~# ifdown wlan0
root@xbian:~# ifup wlan0
Error for wireless request "Set Power Management" (8B2C) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not permitted.
ioctl[SIOCSIWAP]: Operation not permitted
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
wpa_supplicant: wpa_action is managing ifup/ifdown state of wlan0
wpa_supplicant: execute `ifdown --force wlan0' to stop wpa_action
run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant exited with return code 1
run-parts: /etc/network/if-up.d/wpasupplicant exited with return code 1

this is the first error i've seen...

i'm using the Edimax EW-7811Un dongle... i'm gonna dig out my other dongles and try some trial and error...

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ok, i've tried 3 other dongles... only one of them would initialize but would not allow me to connect to my router... it is a Belkin F9L1001v1, but still can't broadcast the ssid for the ad-hoc settings... :/

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when i do a "ifdown wlan0; ifup wlan0" on the belkin dongle, i don't get any errors... i never had any luck with the belkin dongle on RBMC...