Hello, I'm currently facing an issue starting hostapd on wlan interfaces, and trying to get to the bottom of it. # iwinfo wlan0 ESSID: unknown Access Point: 70:B3:D5:E7:E0:43 Mode: Client Channel: unknown (unknown) Center Channel 1: unknown 2: unknown Tx-Power: 0 dBm Link Quality: unknown/70 Signal: unknown Noise: unknown Bit Rate: unknown Encryption: unknown Type: nl80211 HW Mode(s): 802.11nac Hardware: 168C:0056 0000:0000 [Qualcomm Atheros QCA9886] TX power offset: none Frequency offset: none Supports VAPs: yes PHY name: phy0 # hostapd -d -B -i wlan0 /tmp/0_CUSTOM_0 [ 489.915708] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 36933 [ 489.942283] br-lan: port 5(wlan0) entered blocking state [ 489.942321] br-lan: port 5(wlan0) entered disabled state [ 489.947035] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode ACS: Automatic channel selection started, this may take a bit ACS: No available channels found wlan0: IEEE 802.11 Configured channel (0) or frequency (0) not found from\ the channel list of the current mode (2) IEEE 802.11a wlan0: IEEE 802.11 Hardware does not support configured channel Could not select hw_mode and channel. (-3) wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->DISABLED wlan0: AP-DISABLED wlan0: Unable to setup interface. wlan0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED wlan0: AP-DISABLED wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started [ 490.001078] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode [ 490.069276] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: peer-unmap-event: unknown peer id 1 the file is interface=wlan0 driver=nl80211 logger_syslog=-1 logger_syslog_level=-1 logger_stdout=-1 logger_stdout_level=-1 hw_mode=a channel=0 ieee80211n=1 ht_coex=0 ht_capab=[HT40+][LDPC][SHORT-GI-20][SHORT-GI-40][TX-STBC][RX-STBC1]\ [MAX-AMSDU-7935][DSSS_CCK-40] vht_oper_chwidth=1 vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx=42 ieee80211ac=1 vht_capab=[RXLDPC][SHORT-GI-80][TX-STBC-2BY1][SU-BEAMFORMER]\ [SU-BEAMFORMEE][MU-BEAMFORMER][MU-BEAMFORMEE][RX-ANTENNA-PATTERN]\ [TX-ANTENNA-PATTERN][RX-STBC-1][MAX-MPDU-11454][MAX-A-MPDU-LEN-EXP7] bridge=br-lan ssid=0_CUSTOM_54_0 bssid=$M but iw list is saying that : * 5180 MHz [36] (disabled) * 5200 MHz [40] (disabled) * 5220 MHz [44] (disabled) * 5240 MHz [48] (disabled) * 5260 MHz [52] (disabled) * 5280 MHz [56] (disabled) * 5300 MHz [60] (disabled) * 5320 MHz [64] (disabled) * 5500 MHz [100] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5520 MHz [104] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5540 MHz [108] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5560 MHz [112] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5580 MHz [116] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5600 MHz [120] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5620 MHz [124] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5640 MHz [128] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5660 MHz [132] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5680 MHz [136] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5700 MHz [140] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5720 MHz [144] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5745 MHz [149] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) * 5765 MHz [153] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) * 5785 MHz [157] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) * 5805 MHz [161] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) * 5825 MHz [165] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) * 5845 MHz [169] (disabled) * 5865 MHz [173] (disabled) I'm a bit lost on how to track down the issue further, Is there some issue in the nl80211 driver ? -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap