$ wajig install hostap-utils hostap-source wireless-tools hotplug
$ echo "alias wlan0 hostap_pci" >/etc/modutils/hostap
$ update-modules
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Compile the module for the kernel:
$ cd /usr/src
$ tar zxvf hostap-source.tar.gz
$ cd linux
$ fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version -local modules_image
$ sudo dpkg -i ../hostap-modules-2.6.7-local_0.1.2-2_i386.deb
$ depmod -a
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Ensure that you have a wlan0 section in /etc/network/interfaces:
iwconfig wlan0 essid foobar
iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
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More details from
https://sentinel.dk/cookbook/?Linux_wireless_access_point where
you can learn how to set up the machine as an access point.
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