hostapd disables and enables interface

cafe_carl

My hostapd, after some minutes of execution, it does this: wlan1: INTERFACE-DISABLED wlan1: INTERFACE-ENABLED then, connected clients lose connection and, if i try reconnecting, it wont't connect anymore. I also tried with WPA2, but if reconnecting it says wrong password. My hostapd.conf: interface=wlan1 driver=nl80211 ssid=the-bash-guy hw_mode=g channel=6 macaddr_acl=0 ignore_broadcast_ssid=0 ieee80211n=1 wme_enabled=1 My dnsmasq.conf:...

Originally asked by DoggoPlayer on Stack Exchange (unix) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

After a few hours I figured something out that works for me. First of all, I just want a WarDrive. Normally you just start your Pi and done. Everything is stored on a USB-Drive. But I don't like that idea. So an AP, without Internet would be nice. But with the Onboard Wifi Chip !!!(WLAN0)!!! Here I use an RPI4 2GB And Yes... Every 5 mins there is a DISABLED/ENABLED >┌──(kali㉿kali-raspberry-pi)-[~/start] └─$ date Sat Jan 28 10:37:17 AM GMT 2023 > >┌──(kali㉿kali-raspberry-pi)-[~/start] └─$ sudo hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf > >wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE wlan0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->ENABLED wlan0: AP-ENABLED wlan0: INTERFACE-DISABLED wlan0:...

Full answer by Ardragoon: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/733587 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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