Hi Avinash, Thanks for your reply! i) Firmware version is reported as "mwifiex 1.0 (14.57.5.p69)" ii) hostapd version is "v2.0-devel" I took it from git at git://w1.fi/srv/git/hostap.git and used the config in my previous post to build it. I'm at commit 5b3763336466f2c55611437cb924aeee45f7203e iii) Output of hostapd "-ddd" is the same as my previous post, which used "-dd". Here it is: random: Trying to read entropy from /dev/random Configuration file: hostapd-minimal.conf nl80211: interface uap0 in phy phy0 rfkill: initial event: idx=0 type=2 op=0 soft=0 hard=0 rfkill: initial event: idx=1 type=1 op=0 soft=0 hard=0 nl80211: Disable use_monitor with device_ap_sme since no monitor mode support detected nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 5 nl80211: Set mode ifindex 5 iftype 3 (AP) nl80211: Setup AP - device_ap_sme=1 use_monitor=0 nl80211: Subscribe to mgmt frames with AP handle 0x74608 (device SME) nl80211: Register frame type=0xd0 nl_handle=0x74608 nl80211: Register frame match - hexdump(len=0): [NULL] nl80211: Register frame command failed (type=208): ret=-95 (Operation not supported) nl80211: Register frame match - hexdump(len=0): [NULL] nl80211: Failed to set interface uap0 into AP mode netlink: Operstate: linkmode=0, operstate=6 nl80211: Set mode ifindex 5 iftype 2 (STATION) nl80211: Failed to set interface 5 to mode 2: -16 (Device or resource busy) nl80211: Try mode change after setting interface down nl80211: Set mode ifindex 5 iftype 2 (STATION) nl80211: Failed to set interface 5 to mode 2: -16 (Device or resource busy) nl80211: Set mode ifindex 5 iftype 2 (STATION) nl80211: Failed to set interface 5 to mode 2: -16 (Device or resource busy) nl80211: Set mode ifindex 5 iftype 2 (STATION) nl80211: Failed to set interface 5 to mode 2: -16 (Device or resource busy) nl80211: Set mode ifindex 5 iftype 2 (STATION) nl80211: Failed to set interface 5 to mode 2: -16 (Device or resource busy) nl80211: Set mode ifindex 5 iftype 2 (STATION) nl80211: Failed to set interface 5 to mode 2: -16 (Device or resource busy) nl80211: Set mode ifindex 5 iftype 2 (STATION) nl80211: Failed to set interface 5 to mode 2: -16 (Device or resource busy) nl80211: Set mode ifindex 5 iftype 2 (STATION) nl80211: Failed to set interface 5 to mode 2: -16 (Device or resource busy) nl80211: Set mode ifindex 5 iftype 2 (STATION) nl80211: Failed to set interface 5 to mode 2: -16 (Device or resource busy) nl80211: Set mode ifindex 5 iftype 2 (STATION) nl80211: Failed to set interface 5 to mode 2: -16 (Device or resource busy) nl80211: Set mode ifindex 5 iftype 2 (STATION) nl80211: Failed to set interface 5 to mode 2: -16 (Device or resource busy) nl80211: Interface mode change to 2 from 3 failed nl80211 driver initialization failed. Thanks for your help!!! Best Regards, Hans -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html