hostapd and Intel AX200...

[Marco Gaiarin]

Mandi! Dennis Bland
  In chel di` si favelave...

> Note that the AX200 only supports 2.4 GHz in AP mode, as it does not
> have radar detection for the 5 GHz band.

OK.


> In hostapd.conf, are you setting "hw_mode=g"?

My current board is a:

 Jan 23 19:38:20 ino kernel: [    8.357496] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
 Jan 23 19:38:20 ino kernel: [    8.357497] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
 Jan 23 19:38:20 ino kernel: [    8.357497] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
 Jan 23 19:38:20 ino kernel: [    8.357498] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
 Jan 23 19:38:20 ino kernel: [    8.357499] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
 Jan 23 19:38:20 ino kernel: [    8.357500] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
 Jan 23 19:38:20 ino kernel: [    8.359450] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
 Jan 23 19:38:20 ino kernel: [    8.360504] ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9287 Rev:2 mem=0xffffbf658d4f0000, irq=16
 Jan 23 19:38:20 ino kernel: [    8.362587] ath9k 0000:10:00.0 wls1: renamed from wlan0

and hostapd conf:

 interface=wls1
 bridge=vmbr0
 driver=nl80211
 logger_syslog=-1
 logger_syslog_level=2
 logger_stdout=-1
 logger_stdout_level=2
 ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
 ctrl_interface_group=0
 ssid=LilliputBBS
 country_code=IT
 ieee80211d=1
 hw_mode=g
 channel=0
 beacon_int=100
 dtim_period=2
 max_num_sta=255
 rts_threshold=-1
 fragm_threshold=-1
 macaddr_acl=0
 auth_algs=1
 ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
 wmm_enabled=1
 wmm_ac_bk_cwmin=4
 wmm_ac_bk_cwmax=10
 wmm_ac_bk_aifs=7
 wmm_ac_bk_txop_limit=0
 wmm_ac_bk_acm=0
 wmm_ac_be_aifs=3
 wmm_ac_be_cwmin=4
 wmm_ac_be_cwmax=10
 wmm_ac_be_txop_limit=0
 wmm_ac_be_acm=0
 wmm_ac_vi_aifs=2
 wmm_ac_vi_cwmin=3
 wmm_ac_vi_cwmax=4
 wmm_ac_vi_txop_limit=94
 wmm_ac_vi_acm=0
 wmm_ac_vo_aifs=2
 wmm_ac_vo_cwmin=2
 wmm_ac_vo_cwmax=3
 wmm_ac_vo_txop_limit=47
 wmm_ac_vo_acm=0
 ieee80211n=1
 ht_capab=[HT40+][SHORT-GI-20][SHORT-GI-40][TX-STBC][RX-STBC1][DSSS_CCK-40]
 eapol_key_index_workaround=0
 eap_server=0
 own_ip_addr=127.0.0.1
 wpa=1
 wpa_psk_file=/etc/hostapd/wpa_psk
 wpa_pairwise=TKIP CCMP
 rsn_pairwise=CCMP GCMP


>  What is the actual error message that causes hostapd to exit?

No eeror at all. Even systemd say that hostapd is up and running, while
it is simply 'dead'.

I've not 'straced' it, indeed...


Thanks.

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