Note that the AX200 only supports 2.4 GHz in AP mode, as it does not have radar detection for the 5 GHz band. In hostapd.conf, are you setting "hw_mode=g"? What is the actual error message that causes hostapd to exit? Best regards, Dennis > > > Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 18:09:09 +0100 > From: Marco Gaiarin <gaio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: hostapd and Intel AX200... > Message-ID: <20210124170909.GQ20060@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > My home wireless router is a Proxmox VE server, that manage some VMs > bus also my wireless; practically speking is a debian buster (so > hostapd version 2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u2, with a slightly > newer kernel, 5.4.78-2-pve). > > To improve my wireless experience i've bought a newer PCI-E wireless > card, based on 'Wifi6' Intel AX200 chipset. > > Board seems correctly identified by kernel: > > Jan 23 18:40:00 ino kernel: [ 8.398005] iwlwifi 0000:10:00.0: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 58.3.35.22 > Jan 23 18:40:00 ino kernel: [ 8.398010] iwlwifi 0000:10:00.0: Found debug destination: EXTERNAL_DRAM > Jan 23 18:40:00 ino kernel: [ 8.398011] iwlwifi 0000:10:00.0: Found debug configuration: 0 > Jan 23 18:40:00 ino kernel: [ 8.398350] iwlwifi 0000:10:00.0: loaded firmware version 50.3e391d3e.0 op_mode iwlmvm > Jan 23 18:40:00 ino kernel: [ 8.431011] iwlwifi 0000:10:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz, REV=0x340 > Jan 23 18:40:00 ino kernel: [ 8.443718] iwlwifi 0000:10:00.0: Applying debug destination EXTERNAL_DRAM > Jan 23 18:40:00 ino kernel: [ 8.444616] iwlwifi 0000:10:00.0: Allocated 0x00400000 bytes for firmware monitor. > Jan 23 18:40:00 ino kernel: [ 8.603713] iwlwifi 0000:10:00.0: base HW address: 78:2b:46:2e:4a:87 > Jan 23 18:40:00 ino kernel: [ 8.701453] iwlwifi 0000:10:00.0 wls1: renamed from wlan0 > > but when i run 'hostapd' with a rather standard config file (that work > with current board), hostapd exit silently: > > [...] > CS: Automatic channel selection started, this may take a bit > ACS: Scanning 1 / 5 > wls1: nl80211: scan request > nl80211: Passive scan requested > nl80211: Scan frequency 2412 MHz > nl80211: Scan frequency 2417 MHz > nl80211: Scan frequency 2422 MHz > nl80211: Scan frequency 2427 MHz > nl80211: Scan frequency 2432 MHz > nl80211: Scan frequency 2437 MHz > nl80211: Scan frequency 2442 MHz > nl80211: Scan frequency 2447 MHz > nl80211: Scan frequency 2452 MHz > nl80211: Scan frequency 2457 MHz > nl80211: Scan frequency 2462 MHz > nl80211: Scan frequency 2467 MHz > nl80211: Scan frequency 2472 MHz > Scan requested (ret=0) - scan timeout 10 seconds > wls1: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->ACS > wls1: ACS-STARTED > Interface initialization will be completed in a callback (ACS) > ctrl_iface not configured! > > on kernel i saw: > > Jan 23 18:40:00 ino kernel: [ 12.590677] iwlwifi 0000:10:00.0: Applying debug destination EXTERNAL_DRAM > Jan 23 18:40:01 ino kernel: [ 12.744547] iwlwifi 0000:10:00.0: FW already configured (0) - re-configuring > > What i'm missing? Thanks. > > -- > Marco ``Gaio'' Gaiarin | Pordenone Linux User Group (https://www.pnlug.it/) > P.zza S. Tommaso, 20 | Lilliput BBS (http://bbs.lilliput.linux.it) > Cimpello di Fiume Veneto | Azione Cattolica - Concordia-Pordenone > 33080 Pordenone (Italia) | (https://www.acconcordiapn.it/) > Tel. +39-0434-56-1305 | Mastodon:@marcogaio@sociale.network gaio@xxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap
