BBG-W SoftAP

[Todd_P...@mgtsciences.com]

Found configuration file at /tmp/hostapd-wl18xx.conf

Changed the passkey and the file permissions to 600.

Rebooted and the file reverted back to the original passkey and file permissions.

Rewrote init.d/hostapd to force it to use a different hostapd.conf file. Didn't work.

#!/usr/sh

/usr/sbin/hostapd -B /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf

Can anybody give me insight into what is happening? It seems like hostapd is not being started correctly and that somehow the file in /tmp is used and overwritten from somewhere.

Thanks,
Todd


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[Robert Nelson]

On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 7:00 PM <Todd_P...@mgtsciences.com> wrote:
>
> Found configuration file at /tmp/hostapd-wl18xx.conf
>
> Changed the passkey and the file permissions to 600.
>
> Rebooted and the file reverted back to the original passkey and file permissions.
>
> Rewrote init.d/hostapd to force it to use a different hostapd.conf file. Didn't work.
>
> #!/usr/sh
>
> /usr/sbin/hostapd -B /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
>
> Can anybody give me insight into what is happening? It seems like hostapd is not being started correctly and that somehow the file in /tmp is used and overwritten from somewhere.

By default the out of box hostapd is controlled by:

/etc/default/bb-wl18xx

https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-wl18xx-firmware/blob/master/debian/bb-wl18xx-tether#L341-L377

For your situation, comment out:

USE_GENERATED_HOSTAPD=yes

#USE_GENERATED_HOSTAPD=yes

Then edit: /etc/hostapd.conf to your liking..

Regards,

--
Robert Nelson
https://rcn-ee.com/

[Todd_P...@mgtsciences.com]

Thanks Robert! I am in business.

Todd Peterson