AP with WiFi-Dongle

[CVL]

"Could not read interface wlan1 flags: No such device"
hostapd has a problem with wlan1 in line 3. If status says the same as you already posted I can't tell you why it tells "no such device".

I've tried to simulate a pi2 with a pi3. When the AP is up and I connect to the raspi, raspbian everytime stops/crashes. Things which worked perfectly sometimes don't work anymore after a raspbian update. Sorry I haven't got a solution. In v2.x.x network management has changed a bit. Maybe that's a solution.

Hello e-sailing,

I continued to try around...

first of all the udev rule in OP 1.2 won't give anymore the wlan1 name if there is only one wifi dongle present - I took the udev rule from 1.1. backup:

Code:

pi@openplotter:~ $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/72-static-name.rules
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan1"

and wlan1 is back. I guess that is the 1st problem with "no such device"

when now starting hostapd manually, I get good reading:

Code:

pi@openplotter:~ $ sudo hostapd -d /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
random: Trying to read entropy from /dev/random
Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
nl80211: Supported cipher 00-0f-ac:1
nl80211: Supported cipher 00-0f-ac:5
nl80211: Supported cipher 00-0f-ac:2
nl80211: Supported cipher 00-0f-ac:4
nl80211: Using driver-based off-channel TX
nl80211: interface wlan1 in phy phy0
nl80211: Set mode ifindex 3 iftype 3 (AP)
nl80211: Setup AP(wlan1) - device_ap_sme=1 use_monitor=0
nl80211: Subscribe to mgmt frames with AP handle 0xea8100 (device SME)
nl80211: Register frame type=0xd0 (WLAN_FC_STYPE_ACTION) nl_handle=0xea8100 match=04
nl80211: Register frame type=0xd0 (WLAN_FC_STYPE_ACTION) nl_handle=0xea8100 match=0501
nl80211: Register frame type=0xd0 (WLAN_FC_STYPE_ACTION) nl_handle=0xea8100 match=0504
nl80211: Register frame type=0xd0 (WLAN_FC_STYPE_ACTION) nl_handle=0xea8100 match=06
nl80211: Register frame type=0xd0 (WLAN_FC_STYPE_ACTION) nl_handle=0xea8100 match=08
nl80211: Register frame type=0xd0 (WLAN_FC_STYPE_ACTION) nl_handle=0xea8100 match=09
nl80211: Register frame type=0xd0 (WLAN_FC_STYPE_ACTION) nl_handle=0xea8100 match=0a
nl80211: Register frame type=0xd0 (WLAN_FC_STYPE_ACTION) nl_handle=0xea8100 match=11
nl80211: Register frame type=0xd0 (WLAN_FC_STYPE_ACTION) nl_handle=0xea8100 match=7f
nl80211: Enable Probe Request reporting nl_preq=0xea8160
nl80211: Register frame type=0x40 (WLAN_FC_STYPE_PROBE_REQ) nl_handle=0xea8160 match=
rfkill: initial event: idx=0 type=1 op=0 soft=0 hard=0
nl80211: Add own interface ifindex 3 (ifidx_reason -1)
nl80211: if_indices[16]: 3(-1)
phy: phy0
BSS count 1, BSSID mask 00:00:00:00:00:00 (0 bits)
nl80211: Regulatory information - country=00
nl80211: 2402-2472 @ 40 MHz 20 mBm
nl80211: 2457-2482 @ 20 MHz 20 mBm (no IR)
nl80211: 2474-2494 @ 20 MHz 20 mBm (no OFDM) (no IR)
nl80211: 5170-5250 @ 80 MHz 20 mBm (no IR)
nl80211: 5250-5330 @ 80 MHz 20 mBm (DFS) (no IR)
nl80211: 5490-5730 @ 160 MHz 20 mBm (DFS) (no IR)
nl80211: 5735-5835 @ 80 MHz 20 mBm (no IR)
nl80211: 57240-63720 @ 2160 MHz 0 mBm
nl80211: Added 802.11b mode based on 802.11g information
Completing interface initialization
Mode: IEEE 802.11g  Channel: 6  Frequency: 2437 MHz
DFS 0 channels required radar detection
nl80211: Set freq 2437 (ht_enabled=0, vht_enabled=0, bandwidth=20 MHz, cf1=2437 MHz, cf2=0 MHz)
 * freq=2437
 * vht_enabled=0
 * ht_enabled=0
 * channel_type=0
RATE[0] rate=10 flags=0x1
RATE[1] rate=20 flags=0x1
RATE[2] rate=55 flags=0x1
RATE[3] rate=110 flags=0x1
RATE[4] rate=60 flags=0x0
RATE[5] rate=90 flags=0x0
RATE[6] rate=120 flags=0x0
RATE[7] rate=180 flags=0x0
RATE[8] rate=240 flags=0x0
RATE[9] rate=360 flags=0x0
RATE[10] rate=480 flags=0x0
RATE[11] rate=540 flags=0x0
hostapd_setup_bss(hapd=0xea7a48 (wlan1), first=1)
wlan1: Flushing old station entries
nl80211: flush -> DEL_STATION wlan1 (all)
wlan1: Deauthenticate all stations
nl80211: sta_remove -> DEL_STATION wlan1 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff --> -22 (Invalid argument)
wpa_driver_nl80211_set_key: ifindex=3 (wlan1) alg=0 addr=(nil) key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_nl80211_set_key: ifindex=3 (wlan1) alg=0 addr=(nil) key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_nl80211_set_key: ifindex=3 (wlan1) alg=0 addr=(nil) key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_nl80211_set_key: ifindex=3 (wlan1) alg=0 addr=(nil) key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
Using interface wlan1 with hwaddr 74:da:38:62:63:42 and ssid "openplotter"
Deriving WPA PSK based on passphrase
SSID - hexdump_ascii(len=11):
    6f 70 65 6e 70 6c 6f 74 74 65 72                  openplotter    
PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=8): [REMOVED]
PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
random: Got 20/20 bytes from /dev/random
GMK - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
Key Counter - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
WPA: Delay group state machine start until Beacon frames have been configured
nl80211: Set beacon (beacon_set=0)
nl80211: Beacon head - hexdump(len=62): 80 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 74 da 38 62 63 42 74 da 38 62 63 42 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 64 00 11 04 00 0b 6f 70 65 6e 70 6c 6f 74 74 65 72 01 08 82 84 8b 96 0c 12 18 24 03 01 06
nl80211: Beacon tail - hexdump(len=37): 2a 01 04 32 04 30 48 60 6c 30 14 01 00 00 0f ac 04 01 00 00 0f ac 04 01 00 00 0f ac 02 00 00 7f 04 00 00 00 02
nl80211: ifindex=3
nl80211: beacon_int=100
nl80211: dtim_period=2
nl80211: ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=11):
    6f 70 65 6e 70 6c 6f 74 74 65 72                  openplotter    
 * beacon_int=100
 * dtim_period=2
nl80211: hidden SSID not in use
nl80211: privacy=1
nl80211: auth_algs=0x1
nl80211: wpa_version=0x2
nl80211: key_mgmt_suites=0x2
nl80211: pairwise_ciphers=0x10
nl80211: group_cipher=0x10
nl80211: beacon_ies - hexdump(len=6): 7f 04 00 00 00 02
nl80211: proberesp_ies - hexdump(len=6): 7f 04 00 00 00 02
nl80211: assocresp_ies - hexdump(len=6): 7f 04 00 00 00 02
WPA: Start group state machine to set initial keys
WPA: group state machine entering state GTK_INIT (VLAN-ID 0)
GTK - hexdump(len=16): [REMOVED]
WPA: group state machine entering state SETKEYSDONE (VLAN-ID 0)
wpa_driver_nl80211_set_key: ifindex=3 (wlan1) alg=3 addr=0xd4108 key_idx=1 set_tx=1 seq_len=0 key_len=16
nl80211: KEY_DATA - hexdump(len=16): [REMOVED]
  broadcast key
nl80211: Set wlan1 operstate 0->1 (UP)
netlink: Operstate: ifindex=3 linkmode=-1 (no change), operstate=6 (IF_OPER_UP)
Failed to set TX queue parameters for queue 0.
Failed to set TX queue parameters for queue 1.
Failed to set TX queue parameters for queue 2.
Failed to set TX queue parameters for queue 3.
wlan1: interface state UNINITIALIZED->ENABLED
wlan1: AP-ENABLED
wlan1: Setup of interface done.
ctrl_iface not configured!
RTM_NEWLINK: ifi_index=3 ifname=wlan1 operstate=6 linkmode=0 ifi_family=0 ifi_flags=0x11043 ([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP])
RTM_NEWLINK: ifi_index=3 ifname=wlan1 operstate=6 linkmode=0 ifi_family=0 ifi_flags=0x11043 ([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP])
VLAN: RTM_NEWLINK: ifi_index=3 ifname=wlan1 ifi_family=0 ifi_flags=0x11043 ([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP])
VLAN: vlan_newlink(wlan1)
VLAN: RTM_NEWLINK: ifi_index=3 ifname=wlan1 ifi_family=0 ifi_flags=0x11043 ([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP])
VLAN: vlan_newlink(wlan1)

but when I try to connect, I get the hard lockup.

It doesn't seem to be connected with power-management as some posts on the web suggest, as even with editing /etc/modprobe.de/8192.conf the lockup occurs... very disappointing, the regression.

is there any way to roll back to OP 1.1.0 which was working nicely?

thanks a lot for your support
Christian