From: Arne Fitzenreiter <arne_f@ipfire.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 20:29:53 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: hostapd: create additional AP device if switch has failed.
X-Git-Tag: v2.17-core87~51
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d1b89a12f9d067c5983c410641b11fe7c195a4c9;p=people%2Fstevee%2Fipfire-2.x.git

hostapd: create additional AP device if switch has failed.
---

diff --git a/src/initscripts/init.d/hostapd b/src/initscripts/init.d/hostapd
index 8f59a7f16f..357452cede 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/init.d/hostapd
+++ b/src/initscripts/init.d/hostapd
@@ -106,8 +106,13 @@ case "${1}" in
 		sleep 2
 
 		if [ "$(/usr/sbin/iwconfig $INTERFACE | /bin/grep "Mode:Master")" == "" ]; then
-			boot_mesg "Error! Can't set wlan master mode"
-			echo_failure;
+			killproc /usr/bin/hostapd > /dev/null 2>&1
+			boot_mesg "Try to create additional AP device ..." 
+			ip link set ${INTERFACE} down
+			ip link set ${INTERFACE} name ${INTERFACE}_man
+			iw dev  ${INTERFACE}_man interface add ${INTERFACE} type __ap
+			evaluate_retval;
+			/usr/bin/hostapd -P /var/run/hostapd /etc/hostapd.conf >/dev/null 2>&1 &
 			exit 0;
 		else
 			echo_ok
@@ -116,7 +121,9 @@ case "${1}" in
 
 	stop)
 		boot_mesg "Stopping hostapd..."
-
+		ip link set ${INTERFACE} down > /dev/null 2>&1
+		ip link set ${INTERFACE} down_man > /dev/null 2>&1
+		sleep 1
 		killproc /usr/bin/hostapd
 		evaluate_retval
 		;;