I tried setting channel and hw_mode:<br>interface=wlan0<br>driver=nl80211<br>ssid=test<br>channel=1<br>hw_mode=g<br>ieee80211n=1<br><br>But then I get:<br><br><font size="2" face="Arial">Configuration file: hostapd.conf<br>
Opening
raw packet socket for ifindex 1208054188<br>BSS count 1, BSSID mask
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (0 bits)<br>SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=21
enc_capa=0xf<br>nl80211: Added 802.11b mode based on 802.11g
information<br>RATE[0] rate=10 flags=0x2<br>RATE[1] rate=20 flags=0x2<br>RATE[2]
rate=55 flags=0x2<br>RATE[3] rate=110 flags=0x2<br>RATE[4] rate=60
flags=0x0<br>RATE[5] rate=90 flags=0x0<br>RATE[6] rate=120 flags=0x0<br>RATE[7]
rate=180 flags=0x0<br>RATE[8] rate=240 flags=0x0<br>RATE[9] rate=360
flags=0x0<br>RATE[10] rate=480 flags=0x0<br>RATE[11] rate=540
flags=0x0<br>Passive scanning not supported<br>Flushing old station
entries<br>Deauthenticate all stations<br>Mode: IEEE 802.11g Channel:
1 Frequency: 2412 MHz<br>Could not set channel for kernel driver<br>wlan0:
Unable to setup interface.</font><br><br>The behavior is still the same as when I didn't have channel and hw_mode in hostapd.conf:<br><br><div bgcolor="#ffffff">
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iwconfig<br>lo no wireless
extensions.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">eth0 no wireless
extensions.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">eth1 no wireless
extensions.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">wmaster0 no wireless extensions.</font></div>
<div> </div>wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn
ESSID:""<br><div><font size="2" face="Arial">
Mode:Master Frequency:2.412 GHz Tx-Power=27
dBm<br> Retry min
limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352
B<br> Encryption
key:off<br> Power
Management:off<br> Link
Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise
level:0<br> Rx invalid
nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid
frag:0<br> Tx excessive
retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed
beacon:0</font></div></div><br>ESSID is still blank and stations are still unable to see the ap.<br>