Hostapd wired driver initialization failed

 · sudo hostapd /etc/hostapd/www.doorway.ru Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/www.doorway.ru nl Failed to set interface wlp8s0 into AP mode nl driver initialization failed.  · Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/www.doorway.rue; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu CST; 3s ago. Process: ExecStart=/usr/sbin/hostapd /etc/www.doorway.ru (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE). This workaround suggested there works perfectly for me: sudo nmcli nm wifi off sudo rfkill unblock wlan sudo ifconfig wlan0 /24 up sleep 1 sudo service isc-dhcp-server restart sudo service hostapd restart. The first two lines stop wlan from network manager, and then unblocks the interface, so ifconfig can www.doorway.rus: 1.

Configuration file: www.doorway.ru nl Could not configure driver mode nl driver initialization failed. hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started wireless hostapd Share. Hostapd keeps giving me this error: nl Could not configure driver mode nl driver initialization failed. hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started. I'm on Debian 8. I googled for hours and can't find a fix that works with Jessie. hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers. It implements IEEE access point management, IEEE X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators, RADIUS client, EAP server, and RADIUS authentication server. The current version supports Linux (Host AP, madwifi, macbased drivers) and FreeBSD (net).

6 Mar nl driver initialization failed. hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started. What worked before no longer works today after a. Configuration file: www.doorway.ru nl Could not configure driver mode nl driver initialization failed. hostapd_free_hapd_data. hostapd /etc/hostapd/www.doorway.ru nl Could not configure driver mode nl driver initialization failed. wlx interface state.