Re: cannot see ssid from hostapd

[Brett Lymn <blymn%internode.on.net@localhost>]

On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 09:28:01AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> 
>   assigning an IP address does an implicit up
> 
>   otherwise, it doesn't happen
> 
> in hindsight, not having any implicit up would probably be better, but
> obviously not reasonable to change now.

Yes, I agree but it is weird in the case of hostapd because, at least for me, I don't expect
the interface to have an IP.  Perhaps I missed the step in the guide where it said to up the
interface.

It was a bit frustrating for me spending some hours diddling with the config and almost
buying another usb dongle - the only thing that stopped me doing that was the fact all the
readily available ones were the same realtek chipsets as I already had.

Hopefully my fumblings will help someone in the future...

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