On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 5:06 PM, Matthew Phillips <matthew1phillips@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi! > > I am running hostapd on linux in the 5GHz spectrum. I have a program > that modifies the config file and then starts up hostapd using the > selected channel. However when I restart hostapd, I have found that it > will sometimes begin scanning channels instead of setting up > correctly. However this doesn't happen with the lower channels (36, > 40, 44, and 48, again 5GHz). Does anyone know why this might happen > for higher channels (157-165)? Is this expected behavior, and is there > a way to disable it? On certain channels it is not allowed to initiate radiation unless there is already a transmitter active hence the scan. This is all for regulatory compliance so it can not be disabled if I am not mistaken. Regards, Arend _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap
