> Got it, you use Networkmanager, so that the add interface type will > always be managed. But it's still work fine in my device that I use > "hostapd hostapd2.conf" to up the second ap. Yes, it works for you because you don't have a manager and/or your initial situation was clean and/or without other needs/services. For us it was enough to be able to come back to the initial interface combination, but it seems that you prefer to have a common configuration for everything. So, since I think it is your final intention, please, go ahead with your proposed interface combination and then I will debug myself to try complete and/or reuse in some way. Thanks Best regards Jose Ignacio