error setting up mesh: devel at lists.open80211s.org

[Tejus Kudari]

Thank you, Javier, the mistake I was making was, I was trying to add a mesh
interface to my wlan1 interface, even though it was still there. It's
working now..
Tejus

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Javier Cardona <javier at cozybit.com> wrote:

> Hi Tejus,
>
> mac80211 only allows one active interface per phy at any given time
> (the only exception to this is a monitor interface).  This means that
> to bring down the default managed interface that is normally created
> when you bring up your system (typically called wlanN). E.g.
>
> ifconfig wlan0 down
> iw dev wlan0 interface add mesh type mp mesh_id ubsec
>
> You could also remove the wlan0 interface and add the mesh interface
> to the phy directly ( e.g. iw phy phy0 interface add ... )
>
> Javier
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Tejus Kudari <tkudari at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I've been trying to setup the open80211s mesh, but I get this error after
> I
> > run the command after the first time:
> >
> > iw dev wlan0 interface add mesh type mp mesh_id ubsec
> >
> > command failed: Too many open files in system (-23)
> >
> > However, if I run this command after a restart, the interface is set up
> just
> > fine.
> >
> > What could I do about this?
> >
> > PS: I have the  Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter running the
> ath5k
> > driver
> > I am running Ubuntu 8.10
> >
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