Hej Dennis, thank you for your reply! I'm going to give your idea a try - tomorrow - and will send the result. Boris Am 19.05.20 um 23:26 schrieb Dennis Bland: > The hostapd log appears to show normal operation (responding to probe > requests in most cases). Not sure why the SSID is not being > broadcast, as nl80211 reports "nl80211: hidden SSID not in use". > Anyways, there is no STA association attempt from the STA sending the > probe requests, so it's possible there is a network configuration > mismatch between the AP and the STA. > > In your hostapd.conf file, you set wpa=3 which indicates you want to > support both WPA1 and WPA2. However, your wpa_pairwise value is set > to both CCMP and TKIP. Suggest using the default value (TKIP only) > for wpa_pairwise, because WPA1 does not officially support CCMP and > might be causing your STA driver to reject the hostapd configuration. > In other words, you should only use TKIP with WPA1, and CCMP with > WPA2. > > Perhaps try to simplify the configuration for now: > - Fixed channel (i.e. 'channel=5') > - Single WPA mode (i.e. 'wpa=2') > > Also, change logger_syslog_level and logger_stdout_level to 0 (maximum logging). > > Dennis > > > On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 1:30 PM Boris <boris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hello Jouni, >> hello list, >> >> >> new to this list let me first give a big applause for you and all guys >> working on this piece of software and say Thank You! >> I use it since years as a part of the router based on PCEngines Alix >> board and the recommendable software from leaf.zetam.org - the Bering >> uClibc distro. The WIFI adapter I use is identified by the Kernel like >> >> [ 30.464825] ath5k 0000:00:0c.0: registered as 'phy0' >> [ 31.152647] random: crng init done >> [ 31.152661] random: 5 urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting >> [ 31.211873] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0 >> [ 31.211881] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used >> [ 31.211886] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search >> [ 31.211899] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a >> [ 31.211906] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US >> [ 31.211913] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a >> [ 31.911826] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht' >> [ 31.913944] ath5k: phy0: Atheros AR2413 chip found (MAC: 0x78, PHY: 0x45) >> >> Issue is, that the hostapd starts, does not broadcast the SSID and loops >> in a way I cannot interpret. So I hope for help by somebody who >> understands the log: >> >> https://pastebin.com/54fESZrz >> >> My hosapd.conf looks like that: >> >> interface=wlan0 >> bssid=02:80:48:54:85:80 <- not my true MAC ! >> >> driver=nl80211 >> logger_syslog=-1 >> logger_syslog_level=2 >> logger_stdout=-1 >> logger_stdout_level=1 >> ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd >> ctrl_interface_group=0 >> ssid=<mySSID> >> hw_mode=g >> #channel=5 >> channel=acs_survey >> auth_algs=1 >> wpa=3 >> wpa_passphrase=<myPassphrase> >> wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK >> wpa_pairwise=TKIP CCMP >> rsn_pairwise=CCMP >> ignore_broadcast_ssid=0 >> country_code=DE >> ieee80211d=1 >> >> What is wrong? >> >> Thanks and regards, >> >> Boris >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hostap mailing list >> Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap