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From: James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>
To: Chang Liu <goduck777@gmail.com>, iwd@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: Cannot turn on AP mode without any error message
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 15:53:39 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f66462932dacecb2231bf356770165309c49beab.camel@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2031ff9c-0fff-18f7-2ad7-860e2b51ee22@gmail.com>

Hi,

On Wed, 2022-08-31 at 07:40 +0900, Chang Liu wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am having some trouble using the AP mode with iwd on my laptop. I 
> followed the instructions at https://iwd.wiki.kernel.org/ap_mode.
> After 
> I run "ap wlan0 start-profile test", there is no error message, and
> the 
> debug info shows that the device has been turned into AP mode. But I 
> cannot find this network using my other devices like cell phone.
> 
> I tried to switch to wpa_supplicant and the AP mode worked well. I
> tried 
> to use the same Channel in iwd and nothing changed. The laptop is
> Dell 
> XPS 13 and the wifi adapter is Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac 
> Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32).
> 
> I have tried "iwd -d" and iwmon and couldn't find any useful 
> information. If someone can point out where to check then I will be
> glad 
> to follow.

I would still post the debug logs here, and the AP profile (with the
password redacted if you wish). If you have the iwmon logs too, might
as well include those.

Thanks,
James

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Chang
> 



  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-30 22:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-30 22:40 Cannot turn on AP mode without any error message Chang Liu
2022-08-30 22:53 ` James Prestwood [this message]
2022-08-31  1:18   ` Chang Liu
2022-08-31 16:04     ` James Prestwood
2022-09-02  2:50       ` Chang Liu
2022-09-06 17:04         ` James Prestwood
2022-09-28 19:53         ` James Prestwood

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