>> 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.
Thank you, I just needed to correct the modules_wlan0 syntax from that page. It should be: modules_wlan0="!iwconfig !wpa_supplicant" http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Wireless/libnl_Access_Point#Configuration_of_hostapd - Grant
