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Single AP on a Preselected Channel

In this section, we give an example on how to configure a single MadWifi AP in 802.11a on channel 36 with ESSID "Atheros Wireless Network". The desired IP address for the AP is 192.168.0.20.
Example:myprompt# wlanconfig ath create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap
ath0
myprompt# iwconfig ath0 essid "Atheros Wireless Network" channel 36
myprompt# brctl addbr br0
myprompt# brctl addif br0 eth0
myprompt# brctl addif ath0
myprompt# brctl setfd br0 1
myprompt# ifconfig ath0 up
myprompt# ifconfig eth0 up
myprompt# ifconfig br0 192.168.0.20 up



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