Issue Report: ACS Fails
Daniel
daniel at fagerlie.org
Sun Apr 23 19:01:08 PDT 2023
Hey all,
The automatic channel selection feature fails for the following setup.
Any ideas / breadcrumbs to follow?
Log
systemd[1]: Started Access point and uthentication for..
hostapd[2664]: Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd-wlx_01e.conf
hostapd[2664]: ACS: Automatic channel selection started, this may take
a bit
hostapd[2664]: wlx0013eff6e01e: interface state UNINITIALIZED->ACS
hostapd[2664]: wlx0013eff6e01e: ACS-STARTED
hostapd[2664]: ACS: Unable to collect survey data
hostapd[2664]: ACS: All study options have failed
hostapd[2664]: Interface initialization failed
hostapd[2664]: wlx0013eff6e01e: interface state ACS->DISABLED
hostapd[2664]: wlx0013eff6e01e: AP-DISABLED
hostapd[2664]: ACS: Possibly channel configuration is invalid, please
report this along with your config file.
hostapd[2664]: ACS: Failed to start
hostapd[2664]: wlx0013eff6e01e: AP-DISABLED
hostapd[2664]: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlx0013eff6e01e wasn't
started
hostapd[2664]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlx0013eff6e01e
disabled_11b_rates=0
hostapd[2664]: wlx0013eff6e01e: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
hostapd[2664]: wlx0013eff6e01e: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
hostapd[2664]: wlx0013eff6e01e: AP-DISABLED
hostapd[2664]: wlx0013eff6e01e: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
hostapd[2664]: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlx0013eff6e01e wasn't
started
systemd[1]: hostapd at wlx_01e.service: Succeeded.
Config File
# Setup
interface=wlx0013eff6e01e
bridge=br0
driver=nl80211
# Logging
logger_syslog=-1
logger_syslog_level=0
# AP
ssid=Meh01
hw_mode=g
channel=0
wmm_enabled=0
macaddr_acl=0
auth_algs=1
wpa=2
wpa_passphrase=****
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
rsn_pairwise=CCMP
Hardware
USB Wifi dongle based on RTL8812BU chip
* Driver: Compiled from https://github.com/morrownr/88x2bu-20210702
* Amazon product link: https://a.co/d/g0PD0kN
Raspberry PI 4
* Raspbian OS based on Linux 6.1.21-v8+
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