Jamie, A little more info about my problem with a Circle-based “bare metal” OS and hostapd: It appears the problem is that Circle might not be closing the WiFi connection properly, even when I tell it to reboot or shutdown … and I’ve found that if I wait about two (2) minutes before attempting to re-connect, it is successful. However, when I try to connect in less than (about) 90 seconds, it will fail.