On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 08:09:29AM +, man Chan wrote:
> Hello,
> I tried to setup my Linksys WLAN (Ralink RT2560) as access point with
>
> mediaopt hostap
> nwid mynwid wpakey mywpakey
> inet 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0
>
> When I ifconfig ral0, I got status: no network. Did I missing something to
> make it work or this card cannot config as hostap ? any idea ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Clarence
>
>
>
Try setting the channel explicitly:
mediaopt hostap mode 11g chan 1
nwid mynwid wpakey mywpakey
inet 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0
This avoids an automatic search for a channel to use.
The interface will not come up before a channel is set.
