I've compiled/installed hostapd -v hostapd v2.7-devel-hostap_2_6-871-g0b287a2+ User space daemon for IEEE 802.11 AP management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator Copyright (c) 2002-2017, Jouni Malinen <j@xxxxx> and contributors On exec, it works -- I've got connectivity, etc. Logs, however, show instances of "disabling multicast to unicast failed" at each start/stop, Mar 29 09:00:46 test hostapd[27104]: wlp0s31d1u3: interface state ENABLED->DISABLED Mar 29 09:00:46 test hostapd: wlp0s31d1u3: STA 10:31:d4:c3:22:a4 MLME: MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.indication(10:31:d4:c3:22:a4, 1) Mar 29 09:00:46 test hostapd[27104]: wlp0s31d1u3: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED 10:31:d4:c3:22:a4 !! Mar 29 09:00:46 test hostapd[27104]: nl80211: disabling multicast to unicast failed with -16 (Device or resource busy) on interface wlp0s31d1u3 Mar 29 09:00:46 test hostapd[27104]: wlp0s31d1u3: AP-DISABLED Mar 29 09:00:46 test hostapd[27104]: wlp0s31d1u3: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING Mar 29 09:00:46 test hostapd[27104]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp0s31d1u3 disabled_11b_rates=0 Mar 29 09:00:47 test hostapd[5894]: Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf Mar 29 09:00:47 test hostapd[5894]: wlp0s31d1u3: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE Mar 29 09:00:47 test hostapd[5894]: Using interface wlp0s31d1u3 with hwaddr 02:d1:ff:34:15:10 and ssid "testWiFi" !! Mar 29 09:00:47 test hostapd[5894]: nl80211: disabling multicast to unicast failed with -16 (Device or resource busy) on interface wlp0s31d1u3 Mar 29 09:00:47 test hostapd[5894]: wlp0s31d1u3: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->ENABLED Mar 29 09:00:47 test hostapd[5894]: wlp0s31d1u3: AP-ENABLED I've tried multicast_to_unicast=0 multicast_to_unicast=1 & #multicast_to_unicast=0 in the config file -- no change. What config or build change is required to fix the error -- either in logs, &/or the root cause? _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap