changing a/b/g mode with conf.d/wireless

[vorticies82]

I have an a/b/g atheros card that I want to use as an access point. I want it in b/g mode on channel 11. The card defaults to a(5Ghz) mode. I can change it to b/g mode by giving this command

iwpriv ath0 mode 3

Then I can use iwconfig to change the channel

iwconfig ath0 channel 11

and everything works fine. The problem is, I want this to be done automatically by the startup scripts. In my /etc/conf.d/wireless I have this

mode_ath0="master"
iwpriv_ath0="mode 3"
essid_ath0="DataNode01"
channel_ath0="11"
iwpriv_ath0="hide_ssid 1"

The hide_ssid successfully gets set to 1, but the mode doesn't get changed. /etc/init.d/net.ath0 fails to start because it can't change the channel to 11. The reason it can't change the channel is because the card is still in a(5Ghz) mode. If I comment out the line to change the channel, it still fails, this time telling me that it can't change the channel to 3 (even though I never asked it to set the channel to 3). Also, the order doesn't seem to matter. I can switch the first two lines and get the same result. Any ideas?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[UberLord]

The problem is that your last iwpriv statement overrides the first one. Here's how to chain them

[vorticies82]

Thanks for the help.

Ok, now I have this in conf.d/wireless

iwpriv_ath0="mode 3 hide_ssid 1"
channel_ath0="11"
mode_ath0="master"
essid_ath0="DataNode01"

The mode changes successfully, which was my primary concern, but now the hide_ssid doesn't get set.

[mterlouw]

I know this is an old topic, but the way to do this nowadays is as follows: