Hostapd not started

Networking
1

I’m not able to start my access point. When I try to start hostapd manually, I get these output:

Starting hostapd…
blue0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Could not determine operating frequency
blue0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->DISABLED
blue0: AP-DISABLED
blue0: Unable to setup interface.
blue0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
blue0: AP-DISABLED
blue0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface blue0 wasn’t started
nl80211: deinit ifname=blue0 disabled_11b_rates=0 [ FAIL ]

My WLAN adapter is a Qualcomm Atheros QCA 986x/988x.

What does that tell me?

Thanks in advance.
Krause

2

Check that you have configured your country and press save to get an update channel list in the dropdown. After this choose a mode that is supoorted by the hardware and also a matching channel. If you configure 5Ghz mode but a 2.4Ghz channel you also get such errors.

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3

The country code was set correctly, but the 802.11ac mode does not work. With 802.11gn it is working well.

Thank you.
Krause

4

Did you maybe select a channel that isn’t allowed to be used in your country?