| 1 Nov 2025 |
 crushing-smite | iw dev does not report wlp5s0 to have any SSID:
phy#0
Interface wlp5s0
ifindex 7
wdev 0x1
addr c8:94:02:5e:e0:ed
type AP
txpower 3.00 dBm
multicast TXQ:
qsz-byt qsz-pkt flows drops marks overlmt hashcol tx-bytes tx-packets
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
| 21:27:14 |
| crushing-smite | * Hostapd service started, but I don't see the network in the list, let's give it some more time to show up | 21:28:30 |
| crushing-smite | here's hostapd log:
...skipping...
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Channel 153 has insufficient survey data
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Survey for freq 5785 is missing noise floor
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Survey for freq 5785 is missing noise floor
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Survey for freq 5785 is missing noise floor
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Survey for freq 5785 is missing noise floor
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Survey for freq 5785 is missing noise floor
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Channel 157 has insufficient survey data
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Survey for freq 5805 is missing noise floor
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Survey for freq 5805 is missing noise floor
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Survey for freq 5805 is missing noise floor
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Survey for freq 5805 is missing noise floor
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Survey for freq 5805 is missing noise floor
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Channel 161 has insufficient survey data
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Survey for freq 5825 is missing noise floor
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Survey for freq 5825 is missing noise floor
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Survey for freq 5825 is missing noise floor
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Survey for freq 5825 is missing noise floor
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Survey for freq 5825 is missing noise floor
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Channel 165 has insufficient survey data
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Surveys have insufficient data
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: All study options have failed
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: Interface initialization failed
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: wlp5s0: interface state ACS->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Possibly channel configuration is invalid, please report this along with your config file.
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: ACS: Failed to start
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlp5s0 wasn't started
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp5s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: wlp5s0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: wlp5s0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: wlp5s0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: rmdir[ctrl_interface=/run/hostapd]: Device or resource busy
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1609]: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlp5s0 wasn't started
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 21.
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos systemd[1]: Starting IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon...
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos systemd[1]: Started IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon.
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1625]: wlp5s0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1625]: ACS: Automatic channel selection started, this may take a bit
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1625]: wlp5s0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->ACS
Nov 01 21:27:53 nixos hostapd[1625]: wlp5s0: ACS-STARTED
| 21:28:49 |
| crushing-smite | I'll try switching back to channel 44 | 21:28:59 |
| crushing-smite | And it's again failing to start (operatingChannelWidth = "80";, channel = 44;, settings.ieee80211h removed), logs are almost the same:
-- Boot db3003159e084db6be376bb913948dc7 --
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos systemd[1]: Starting IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon...
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos systemd[1]: Started IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon.
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: wlp5s0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: Interface initialization failed
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: wlp5s0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: wlp5s0: Unable to setup interface.
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: wlp5s0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: wlp5s0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: rmdir[ctrl_interface=/run/hostapd]: Device or resource busy
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlp5s0 wasn't started
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp5s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Consumed 110ms CPU time, 3.7M memory peak, 2.2M read from disk.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: Starting IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon...
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: Started IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: wlp5s0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: Interface initialization failed
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: wlp5s0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: wlp5s0: Unable to setup interface.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: wlp5s0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: wlp5s0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: rmdir[ctrl_interface=/run/hostapd]: Device or resource busy
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlp5s0 wasn't started
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp5s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: nl80211: Failed to remove interface wlp5s0 from bridge br0: Invalid argument
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: Starting IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon...
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: Started IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: wlp5s0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: Interface initialization failed
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: wlp5s0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: wlp5s0: Unable to setup interface.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: wlp5s0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: wlp5s0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: rmdir[ctrl_interface=/run/hostapd]: Device or resource busy
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlp5s0 wasn't started
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp5s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: nl80211: Failed to remove interface wlp5s0 from bridge br0: Invalid argument
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: Starting IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon...
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: Started IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: wlp5s0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: Interface initialization failed
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: wlp5s0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: wlp5s0: Unable to setup interface.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: wlp5s0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: wlp5s0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: rmdir[ctrl_interface=/run/hostapd]: Device or resource busy
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlp5s0 wasn't started
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp5s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: nl80211: Failed to remove interface wlp5s0 from bridge br0: Invalid argument
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: Starting IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon...
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: Started IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: wlp5s0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: Interface initialization failed
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: wlp5s0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: wlp5s0: Unable to setup interface.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: wlp5s0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: wlp5s0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: rmdir[ctrl_interface=/run/hostapd]: Device or resource busy
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlp5s0 wasn't started
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp5s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: nl80211: Failed to remove interface wlp5s0 from bridge br0: Invalid argument
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 01 21:31:32 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Nov 01 21:31:32 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Nov 01 21:31:32 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 01 21:31:32 nixos systemd[1]: Failed to start IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon.
| 21:33:47 |
| crushing-smite | * And it's again failing to start (operatingChannelWidth = "80";, channel = 44;, settings.ieee80211h removed), log is near identical as the one I've posted before:
-- Boot db3003159e084db6be376bb913948dc7 --
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos systemd[1]: Starting IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon...
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos systemd[1]: Started IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon.
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: wlp5s0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: Interface initialization failed
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: wlp5s0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: wlp5s0: Unable to setup interface.
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: wlp5s0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: wlp5s0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: rmdir[ctrl_interface=/run/hostapd]: Device or resource busy
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlp5s0 wasn't started
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos hostapd[788]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp5s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 01 21:31:29 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Consumed 110ms CPU time, 3.7M memory peak, 2.2M read from disk.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: Starting IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon...
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: Started IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: wlp5s0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: Interface initialization failed
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: wlp5s0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: wlp5s0: Unable to setup interface.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: wlp5s0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: wlp5s0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: rmdir[ctrl_interface=/run/hostapd]: Device or resource busy
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlp5s0 wasn't started
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp5s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[939]: nl80211: Failed to remove interface wlp5s0 from bridge br0: Invalid argument
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: Starting IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon...
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: Started IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: wlp5s0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: Interface initialization failed
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: wlp5s0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: wlp5s0: Unable to setup interface.
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: wlp5s0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: wlp5s0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: rmdir[ctrl_interface=/run/hostapd]: Device or resource busy
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlp5s0 wasn't started
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp5s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos hostapd[955]: nl80211: Failed to remove interface wlp5s0 from bridge br0: Invalid argument
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 01 21:31:30 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: Starting IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon...
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: Started IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: wlp5s0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: Interface initialization failed
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: wlp5s0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: wlp5s0: Unable to setup interface.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: wlp5s0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: wlp5s0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: rmdir[ctrl_interface=/run/hostapd]: Device or resource busy
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlp5s0 wasn't started
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp5s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[971]: nl80211: Failed to remove interface wlp5s0 from bridge br0: Invalid argument
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: Starting IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon...
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: Started IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: wlp5s0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: Interface initialization failed
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: wlp5s0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: wlp5s0: Unable to setup interface.
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: wlp5s0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: wlp5s0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: wlp5s0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: rmdir[ctrl_interface=/run/hostapd]: Device or resource busy
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlp5s0 wasn't started
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp5s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos hostapd[986]: nl80211: Failed to remove interface wlp5s0 from bridge br0: Invalid argument
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 01 21:31:31 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 01 21:31:32 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Nov 01 21:31:32 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Nov 01 21:31:32 nixos systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 01 21:31:32 nixos systemd[1]: Failed to start IEEE 802.11 Host Access-Point Daemon.
| 21:34:11 |
| crushing-smite | (near identical as this one) | 21:34:36 |
| crushing-smite | (this time however there IS wired internet connection on br0) | 21:35:00 |
| crushing-smite | Another thing - after rebuild there's no /var/run/hostapd/wlp5s0.hostapd.conf - where should the config be? | 21:51:46 |
 K900 | It's in /run/hostapd/<something>.conf | 21:53:46 |
| crushing-smite | ╰─❯ cat /run/hostapd/wlp5s0.hostapd.conf
cat: /run/hostapd/wlp5s0.hostapd.conf: No such file or directory
╰─❯ ls /run/hostapd
ls: cannot access '/run/hostapd': No such file or directory
| 21:54:43 |
| crushing-smite | Here are the supposed config files which failed to produce the ones missing above:
╭─ ~ ······························································································································ 3s
╰─❯ systemctl show hostapd.service | grep ExecStart
ExecStartPre={ path=/nix/store/4k91b9yj4kajw1naszj9rydijcw9cl6k-unit-script-hostapd-pre-start/bin/hostapd-pre-start ; argv[]=/nix/store/4k91b9yj4kajw1naszj9rydijcw9cl6k-unit-script-hostapd-pre-start/bin/hostapd-pre-start ; ignore_errors=no ; start_time=[Sat 2025-11-01 21:31:31 UTC] ; stop_time=[Sat 2025-11-01 21:31:31 UTC] ; pid=974 ; code=exited ; status=0 }
ExecStartPreEx={ path=/nix/store/4k91b9yj4kajw1naszj9rydijcw9cl6k-unit-script-hostapd-pre-start/bin/hostapd-pre-start ; argv[]=/nix/store/4k91b9yj4kajw1naszj9rydijcw9cl6k-unit-script-hostapd-pre-start/bin/hostapd-pre-start ; flags= ; start_time=[Sat 2025-11-01 21:31:31 UTC] ; stop_time=[Sat 2025-11-01 21:31:31 UTC] ; pid=974 ; code=exited ; status=0 }
ExecStart={ path=/nix/store/x9p8c0x9szf7wd91m07xa9wm532s07fh-hostapd-2.11/bin/hostapd ; argv[]=/nix/store/x9p8c0x9szf7wd91m07xa9wm532s07fh-hostapd-2.11/bin/hostapd /run/hostapd/wlp5s0.hostapd.conf ; ignore_errors=no ; start_time=[Sat 2025-11-01 21:31:31 UTC] ; stop_time=[Sat 2025-11-01 21:31:31 UTC] ; pid=986 ; code=exited ; status=1 }
ExecStartEx={ path=/nix/store/x9p8c0x9szf7wd91m07xa9wm532s07fh-hostapd-2.11/bin/hostapd ; argv[]=/nix/store/x9p8c0x9szf7wd91m07xa9wm532s07fh-hostapd-2.11/bin/hostapd /run/hostapd/wlp5s0.hostapd.conf ; flags= ; start_time=[Sat 2025-11-01 21:31:31 UTC] ; stop_time=[Sat 2025-11-01 21:31:31 UTC] ; pid=986 ; code=exited ; status=1 }
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╰─❯ cat /nix/store/4k91b9yj4kajw1naszj9rydijcw9cl6k-unit-script-hostapd-pre-start/bin/hostapd-pre-start
#!/nix/store/cl2gkgnh26mmpka81pc2g5bzjfrili92-bash-5.3p3/bin/bash
set -e
/nix/store/xp4qhcx49n9a847c2jf9kdkhfacwyrki-make-hostapd-wlp5s0-files
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╰─❯ cat /nix/store/xp4qhcx49n9a847c2jf9kdkhfacwyrki-make-hostapd-wlp5s0-files
#!/nix/store/cl2gkgnh26mmpka81pc2g5bzjfrili92-bash-5.3p3/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
hostapd_config_file=/run/hostapd/wlp5s0.hostapd.conf
rm -f "$hostapd_config_file"
cat > "$hostapd_config_file" <<EOF
# Radio base configuration: wlp5s0
################################
EOF
cat /nix/store/0qb6bl6n8l8y4srv009nk72228j2yzfk-hostapd-radio-wlp5s0-extra.conf >> "$hostapd_config_file"
# BSS configuration: wlp5s0
mac_allow_file=/run/hostapd/wlp5s0.mac.allow
rm -f "$mac_allow_file"
touch "$mac_allow_file"
mac_deny_file=/run/hostapd/wlp5s0.mac.deny
rm -f "$mac_deny_file"
touch "$mac_deny_file"
cat /nix/store/39551igc1w77yy0ad0ivjywz6v92716g-hostapd-radio-wlp5s0-bss-wlp5s0.conf >> "$hostapd_config_file"
cat /nix/store/9xg1z67s9hyb92ns5jvh9ls3ca9mc1bw-hostapd-radio-wlp5s0-bss-wlp5s0-extra.conf >> "$hostapd_config_file"
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╰─❯ cat /nix/store/0qb6bl6n8l8y4srv009nk72228j2yzfk-hostapd-radio-wlp5s0-extra.conf
channel=44
country_code=DE
driver=nl80211
ht_capab=[HT40][SHORT-GI-20][SHORT-GI-40]
hw_mode=a
ieee80211ac=1
ieee80211d=1
ieee80211h=1
ieee80211n=1
noscan=0
require_ht=0
require_vht=1
vht_capab=
vht_oper_chwidth=1
╭─ ~ ··································································································································
╰─❯ cat /nix/store/39551igc1w77yy0ad0ivjywz6v92716g-hostapd-radio-wlp5s0-bss-wlp5s0.conf
# BSS 0: wlp5s0
################################
interface=wlp5s0
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╰─❯ cat /nix/store/9xg1z67s9hyb92ns5jvh9ls3ca9mc1bw-hostapd-radio-wlp5s0-bss-wlp5s0-extra.conf
ap_isolate=0
auth_algs=1
beacon_int=50
bridge=br0
ctrl_interface=/run/hostapd
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
ieee80211w=1
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
logger_stdout=-1
logger_stdout_level=0
logger_syslog=-1
logger_syslog_level=0
macaddr_acl=0
rsn_pairwise=CCMP GCMP GCMP-256
sae_require_mfp=1
ssid=SsidName
utf8_ssid=1
wmm_enabled=1
wpa=2
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK-SHA256
wpa_pairwise=CCMP GCMP GCMP-256
wpa_passphrase=password
| 22:03:22 |
| K900 | Can you also post your NixOS side config? | 22:04:11 |
| crushing-smite | Sure, but before that, may I have second opinion on some AI slop? | 22:04:32 |
| K900 | No | 22:04:47 |
| crushing-smite | Ok, brb | 22:04:52 |
| K900 | Not from me, anyway | 22:04:53 |
| crushing-smite | Here:
{
config,
lib,
pkgs,
...
}: {
imports = [
./hardware-configuration.nix
./wireless.nix
];
boot.kernelParams = [
"console=ttyS0,115200"
"console=tty1"
];
networking.wireless = {
enable = true;
interfaces = [ "wlan0" ];
networks = {
"UpstreamRouter" = {
psk = "UpstreamRouterPassword";
};
};
};
networking.networkmanager.enable = false;
boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
systemd.network.wait-online.enable = false;
services.openssh = {
enable = true;
settings.PasswordAuthentication = true;
settings.PermitRootLogin = "yes";
settings.KbdInteractiveAuthentication = true;
settings.X11Forwarding = true;
};
networking.firewall = {
checkReversePath = "loose";
};
networking.firewall.interfaces.br0.allowedUDPPorts = [ 67 22 ];
networking.firewall.interfaces.br0.allowedTCPPorts = [ 67 22 ];
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
nmap
wireguard-tools
wget
du-dust
bat
git
curl
vim
htop
tree
xorg.xauth
xclip
wavemon
nettools
];
boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.ip_forward" = 1;
boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding" = 1;
networking.nat = {
enable = true;
externalInterface = "wlp0s20f0u7i3";
internalInterfaces = ["br0"];
};
systemd.network.enable = true;
systemd.network = {
netdevs = {
"20-br0" = {
netdevConfig = {
Kind = "bridge";
Name = "br0";
};
};
};
networks = {
"05-wlan-usb" = {
matchConfig.MACAddress = "00:c0:ca:b7:8c:b4";
DHCP = "yes";
dhcpV4Config = {
RouteMetric = 100;
};
networkConfig = {
IgnoreCarrierLoss = "10s";
};
};
"10-enp1s0" = {
matchConfig.Name = "enp1s0";
linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "no";
DHCP = "yes";
dhcpV4Config = {
RouteMetric = 200;
};
};
"30-enp2s0" = {
matchConfig.Name = "enp2s0";
networkConfig.Bridge = "br0";
linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "no";
DHCP = "no";
};
"30-enp3s0" = {
matchConfig.Name = "enp3s0";
networkConfig.Bridge = "br0";
linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "no";
DHCP = "no";
};
"30-enp4s0" = {
matchConfig.Name = "enp4s0";
networkConfig.Bridge = "br0";
linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "no";
DHCP = "no";
};
"40-br0" = {
matchConfig.Name ="br0";
networkConfig = {
DHCPServer = "yes";
IPMasquerade = "ipv4";
};
address = [ "192.168.200.1/24" ];
dhcpServerConfig = {
EmitDNS = "yes";
DNS = "1.1.1.1";
};
bridgeConfig = {};
linkConfig = {
RequiredForOnline = "no";
};
};
};
};
system.stateVersion = "23.11";
}
| 22:07:06 |
| crushing-smite | * Here:
{
config,
lib,
pkgs,
...
}: {
imports = [
./hardware-configuration.nix
./wireless.nix
];
boot.kernelParams = [
"console=ttyS0,115200"
"console=tty1"
];
networking.wireless = {
enable = true;
interfaces = [ "wlan0" ];
networks = {
"UpstreamRouter" = {
psk = "UpstreamRouterPassword";
};
};
};
networking.networkmanager.enable = false;
boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
systemd.network.wait-online.enable = false;
services.openssh = {
enable = true;
settings.PasswordAuthentication = true;
settings.PermitRootLogin = "yes";
settings.KbdInteractiveAuthentication = true;
settings.X11Forwarding = true;
};
networking.firewall = {
checkReversePath = "loose";
};
networking.firewall.interfaces.br0.allowedUDPPorts = [ 67 22 ];
networking.firewall.interfaces.br0.allowedTCPPorts = [ 67 22 ];
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
nmap
wireguard-tools
wget
du-dust
bat
git
curl
vim
htop
tree
xorg.xauth
xclip
wavemon
nettools
];
boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.ip_forward" = 1;
boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding" = 1;
networking.nat = {
enable = true;
externalInterface = "wlp0s20f0u7i3";
internalInterfaces = ["br0"];
};
systemd.network.enable = true;
systemd.network = {
netdevs = {
"20-br0" = {
netdevConfig = {
Kind = "bridge";
Name = "br0";
};
};
};
networks = {
"05-wlan-usb" = {
matchConfig.MACAddress = "00:c0:ca:b7:8c:b4";
DHCP = "yes";
dhcpV4Config = {
RouteMetric = 100;
};
networkConfig = {
IgnoreCarrierLoss = "10s";
};
};
"10-enp1s0" = {
matchConfig.Name = "enp1s0";
linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "no";
DHCP = "yes";
dhcpV4Config = {
RouteMetric = 200;
};
};
"30-enp2s0" = {
matchConfig.Name = "enp2s0";
networkConfig.Bridge = "br0";
linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "no";
DHCP = "no";
};
"30-enp3s0" = {
matchConfig.Name = "enp3s0";
networkConfig.Bridge = "br0";
linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "no";
DHCP = "no";
};
"30-enp4s0" = {
matchConfig.Name = "enp4s0";
networkConfig.Bridge = "br0";
linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "no";
DHCP = "no";
};
"40-br0" = {
matchConfig.Name ="br0";
networkConfig = {
DHCPServer = "yes";
IPMasquerade = "ipv4";
};
address = [ "192.168.200.1/24" ];
dhcpServerConfig = {
EmitDNS = "yes";
DNS = "1.1.1.1";
};
bridgeConfig = {};
linkConfig = {
RequiredForOnline = "no";
};
};
};
};
system.stateVersion = "23.11";
}
| 22:07:12 |
| K900 | There's no hostapd config here? | 22:07:49 |
| crushing-smite | It's in wireless.nix, which is above in the chat, reposting:
{
config,
lib,
pkgs,
...
}: {
boot.extraModprobeConfig = ''
options cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom="DE"
'';
hardware.wirelessRegulatoryDatabase = true;
services.hostapd = {
enable = true;
radios."wlp5s0" = {
wifi5 = {
enable = true;
operatingChannelWidth = "80";
require = true;
};
countryCode = "DE";
channel = 44;
band = "5g";
networks.wlp5s0 = {
logLevel = 0;
ssid = "SsidName";
authentication = {
mode = "wpa2-sha256";
wpaPassword = "password";
enableRecommendedPairwiseCiphers = true;
};
settings = {
bridge = "br0";
beacon_int = 50;
};
};
};
};
}
| 22:08:51 |
| K900 | That does look fairly normal | 22:09:30 |
| K900 | I'm not entirely sure why it's rejecting that mode | 22:09:50 |
| K900 | Try setting log level to and running it again | 22:09:52 |
| crushing-smite | It's at lowest possible | 22:10:06 |
| K900 | Anything in dmesg | grep mt76+ maybe? | 22:11:00 |
| K900 | * Anything in dmesg | grep mt7 maybe? | 22:11:10 |
| crushing-smite | ╰─❯ dmesg | grep mt7
[ 4.692938] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0: ASIC revision: 79220010
[ 4.768676] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0: HW/SW Version: 0x8a108a10, Build Time: 20250903123148a
[ 4.785309] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0: WM Firmware Version: ____000000, Build Time: 20250903123243
[ 4.997376] usbcore: registered new interface driver mt7921u
[ 4.999834] mt7921u 1-7.1.1:1.3: HW/SW Version: 0x8a108a10, Build Time: 20250625153620a
[ 5.015635] mt7921u 1-7.1.1:1.3: WM Firmware Version: ____010000, Build Time: 20250625153703
[ 5.912608] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: renamed from wlan0
[ 93.172491] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: entered allmulticast mode
[ 93.172665] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: entered promiscuous mode
[ 93.177269] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: left allmulticast mode
[ 93.177303] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: left promiscuous mode
[ 93.551527] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: entered allmulticast mode
[ 93.552388] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: entered promiscuous mode
[ 93.554463] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: left allmulticast mode
[ 93.554486] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: left promiscuous mode
[ 94.120763] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: entered allmulticast mode
[ 94.121633] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: entered promiscuous mode
[ 94.123950] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: left allmulticast mode
[ 94.123972] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: left promiscuous mode
[ 94.611620] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: entered allmulticast mode
[ 94.612456] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: entered promiscuous mode
[ 94.614752] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: left allmulticast mode
[ 94.614777] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: left promiscuous mode
[ 95.119282] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: entered allmulticast mode
[ 95.120179] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: entered promiscuous mode
[ 95.122213] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: left allmulticast mode
[ 95.122234] mt7921e 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: left promiscuous mode
| 22:11:42 |
| crushing-smite | (the wifi usb dongle which provides connectivity to internet is near the same (same?) chipset - u VS e difference) | 22:12:25 |
| K900 | Well it working in STA mode is not surprising | 22:14:19 |
