>> I have net.wlan0 started by init, not by hostapd, not sure if that >> makes a difference. > > You start net.wlan0 in master mode with /etc/init.d/net.wlan0? If so, > do you have a PSK?
No - master mode comes with hostapd. It just gets started. > hostapd doesn't report any error and I don't think it should. > Everything works fine as soon as I 'ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.1' but I > know there's a way to assign that IP automatically, I've just > forgotten what it is. My description above is the trouble I run into > when I try to set up that automatic IP assignment. As long as I issue > ifconfig manually, everything works fine. Just let net.wlan0 bring the interface up and configure the IP for you.
